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 drugs to destroy cancer cells in the lymph nodes, lymph organs, and bone marrow, usually by stopping the cancer cellsâ ability to grow and divide. It is the main treatment for NHL. Chemotherapy is given by a medical oncologist, a doctor who specializes in treating cancer with medication.