Chemotherapy for Cancer Has Produced a Few Dramatic Successes

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Multiple Choice

Chemotherapy for cancer has produced a few dramatic successes. Almost 75% of children with childhood leukemia are completely cured. Hodgkin's disease, a lymphoma, once killed 2 out of 3 patients. Now, a combination therapy of 4 different drugs can wipe out the disease in a matter of months in 3 out of 4 patients, even when the cancer is not diagnosed immediately. Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th ed.

• A) Argument; conclusion: Now, a combination therapy ... diagnosed immediately.
• B) Argument; conclusion: Almost 75% of children ... are completely cured.
• C) Nonargument.
• D) Argument; conclusion: Hodgkin's disease ... once killed 2 out of 3 patients.
• E) Argument; conclusion: Chemotherapy for cancer ... a few dramatic successes.

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