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.
Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. It is an important treatment for follicular lymphoma and can often get the lymphoma into remission. Chemotherapy is often given in combination with a drug called rituximab (Mabthera Â®), which is a monoclonal antibody.