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.
But to most people, chemotherapy refers to drugs used for cancer treatment. Itâs often shortened to âchemo.â Chemotherapy is used to treat many cancers. More than 100 chemotherapy drugs are used today â either alone or in combination with other drugs or treatments.hemotherapy regimens or treatment plans may use a single drug or a combination of drugs. Most people with cancer get more than one chemo drug. This is typically more effective than a single drug, because the cancer cells can be attacked in several different ways.