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The government is now operating in accordance with the Guidance on Caretaker Conventions, pending the outcome of the 2025 federal election.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy, often called ‘chemo’, uses medicines to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is used on its own or in combination with other types of treatment. Your doctor may recommend chemotherapy to shrink a tumour before surgery, to destroy remaining cancer cells after surgery, or to improve symptoms and prolong life, where it is not possible to cure the cancer.