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First, I am very sorry to hear that your dear friend has such a serious health problem.

While I cannot advise you on the chemo, I can say that feeding your dog the way you are now doing is going to make a great difference to your dog regardless. I would be careful on the rotisserie chicken unless you are certain it has zero spices/seasonings. Add in some home baked sweet potatoes, blueberries, a big spoonful of good yogurt once or twice weekly if your dog is tolerant of dairy, the occasional baked white or red potato, steamed rice - jasmine rice or brown is good for dogs that may have sensitivity. What I used to do for my dogs “basic” go-to meal was 80/20 beef, peas and carrots, rice or potato. I did 1/2 meat, 1/4 veg, 1/4 rice or potato - sometimes I would substitute cooked pasta noodle for the starch. Just for varity. Of course, I would vary the meat, veg, etc, to keep things interesting. I’d sprinkle flax seeds on top every other day and the same with blueberries. They need some little bit of salt - but you’d need to be careful not to overdo. Splash a good dollop of olive oil on top of the dinner three or four times a week.
When I went to feeding this way (time consuming but worth it) my Zeus stopped having seizures. Became much more comfortable, quit farting, and had less joint pain. He lived to be 13 1/2 years old - and for a Doberman, that is very good. LOL, he even came to know the difference when I was cooking for him, or for us. He would watch me every second while I cooked for him. I’d do up a weeks worth at a time. Can even freeze pre cooked meals (I cooked the veg into the meat) into portioned bags.