In the German language the word Schmuck means jewelry, adornment. The etymology of the pejorative meaning is a matter of some disagreement. The lexicographer Michael Wex, author of How to Be a Mentsh (And Not a Shmuck), writes that the Yiddish term and the German term are completely unrelated.
A fundamental philosophy of medical oncology, including combination chemotherapy, is that different drugs work through different mechanisms, and that the results of using multiple drugs will be synergistic to some extent.
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.his choice depends on: 1  The type of cancer you have. 2  Whether you have had chemotherapy before. 3  Whether you have other health problems, such as diabetes or heart disease.