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Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as cisplatin, carboplatin, docetaxel, and capecitabine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving bexarotene and tretinoin together with combination chemotherapy may kill more tumor cells.
Sometimes, chemotherapy is used as the only cancer treatment. But more often, you will get chemotherapy along with surgery, radiation therapy, or biological therapy. Chemotherapy can: 1  Make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy.2  This is called neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.3  Destroy cancer cells that may remain after surgery or radiation therapy. 4  This is called adjuvant chemotherapy. 5  Help radiation therapy and biological therapy work better.hemotherapy can: 1  Make a tumor smaller before surgery or radiation therapy. 2  This is called neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. 3  Destroy cancer cells that may remain after surgery or radiation therapy. 4  This is called adjuvant chemotherapy. 5  Help radiation therapy and biological therapy work better.