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chemotherapy

cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen
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Summary

chemotherapy ranks in the top 0.8% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,866 views/month, #626 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: treatment of cancer[2], chemotherapy[3]
  • Commons category: Chemotherapy[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chemotherapy[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6]
  • Topic has template: Template:Targeted cancer therapeutic agents[7]
  • Has effect: vomiting[8], cancer pain[9]
  • Different from: chemotherapy[10]
  • Uses: chemotherapeutic agents[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

chemotherapy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] chemotherapy is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Paul Ehrlich

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → chemotherapy
    Svkkl authority id → h0003222-chemoterapie
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chemotherapy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922999|chemotherapy (#289922999)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → vomiting, cancer pain
    Uses → —
    Local thumb → —
    Uses → chemotherapeutic agents
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283224205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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