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9: Treatment Options Flashcards

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T/F Some chemotherapy drugs are considered chemo only when used in combination with other drugs.

A

True. For example, dexamethasone is chemo when combined with velcade and cytoxan for multiple myeloma.

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Which stage of the cell cycle: G0, G1, S, G2, or M?

Mitosis (cell splits into 2).

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M

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Adriamycin, Bleomycin.

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Antitumor antibiotics

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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

Protons

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Particle (ionizing) radiation

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Stop mitosis or inhibit enzymes from making proteins required for cell reproduction.

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Mitotic inhibitors

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T/F Watchful waiting can make some patients uncomfortable, but some cancers may not require therapy for years.

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True. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia you monitor in the WBC. May not require treatment for years.

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Which stage of the cell cycle: G0, G1, S, G2, or M?

Apparatus for mitosis is built.

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G2

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Which stage of the cell cycle: G0, G1, S, G2, or M?

RNA and protein synthesis are made for dividing.

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G1

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Interfere with enzymes called topoisomerases (help separate strands of DNA for replication).

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Topoisomerase inhibitors

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Taxol, Taxotere, Vincristine

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Mitotic inhibitors

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T/F Radiation effects can linger for decades.

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True. Uncommon, but can increase secondary malignancies or cause idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, for example.

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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

Electrons

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Particle (ionizing) radiation

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Irontecan, Etoposide

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Topoisomerase inhibitors

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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Cytoxan, Cisplatin, platinum-based therapies.

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Alkylating agents

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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

Neutrons

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Particle (ionizing) radiation

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_____ is hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer.

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Lupron

17
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
5-FU, Pemetrexed

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Antimetabolites

18
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Which stage of the cell cycle: G0, G1, S, G2, or M?

DNA synthesis.

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S

19
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Interfere with DNA and RNA growth, specifically during S phase.

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Antimetabolites

20
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Commonly used to treat ovarian cancer.

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Alkylating agents

21
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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

Gamma rays

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Photon (ionizing) radiation

22
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Can cause neuropathy.

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Alkylating agents

23
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Cancer management (4).

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  1. Watchful waiting
  2. Chemo
  3. Radiation
  4. Surgery
24
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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

Most widely used in cancer treatment.

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Photon (ionizing) radiation

25
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Photon or particle ionizing radiation?

X-rays

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Photon (ionizing) radiation

26
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Directly damage DNA and prevent cancer cells from reproducing and growing.

A

Alkylating agents

27
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T/F Debulking surgery is common for most solid tumors.

A

True. It can help relieve symptoms.

28
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Which stage of the cell cycle: G0, G1, S, G2, or M?

Cell rests from dividing and does its normal physiologic work.

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G0

29
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Tarceva targets the _____ mutation in lung cancer patients.

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EGFR

30
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During which cell cycle is radiation least effective?

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G0 (slowly dividing)

31
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Alkylating agents, antimetabolites, antitumor antibiotics, topoisomerase inhibitors, or mitotic inhibitors?
Interfere with enzymes involved in DNA replication.

A

Antitumor antibiotics

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