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What chemicals are used in chemotherapy to kill cells?

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Many different drugs: There are over 100 different drugs under the name of chemotherapy. Each one is different, and different drugs are used for treating different cancers. Most of these drugs contain different chemicals in them.

Dr Juchau and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/3/2015

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