ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT Flashcards
ADR: Alopecia
Doxorubicin, Carboplatin
ADR: Neutrotoxic can go to BBB
Nitrosurea: Carmustine & Lomustine
ADR: H/A and Peripheral neuropathy
Vinka alkaloids: vincristine & vinblastine
ADR: Change in visual quality / corneal opacity
Tamoxifen
ADR: Epistaxis (nosebleed)
Plicamycin
ADR: Cardiotoxicity/ Bone marrow depression
Doxorubicin, Daunorubicin
ADR: Pulmonary fibrosis
Bleomycin, Busulfan
ADR: Liver toxicity
Methotrexate
ADR: Nephrotoxic
Cisplatin, Carboplatin
ADR: Myelosuppression
Methotrexate, 5-Flurouracil
ADR: Hemorrhagic Cystitis
Cyclophosphamide
ADR: Muscle pain, Malaise, Fever
Cytarabine
New or unusual growth of tissue or tumor
may be benign or malignant cancer
Neoplasms
uncontrollable growth and spread of abnormal
Neoplasia
any cancer that arises form epithelium
Carcinoma
cancer of connective tissue
Sarcoma
cancer of the lymph nodes
Lymphoma
Any abnormal swelling in or on body part
Tumor
a tumor that does not invade and destroy the tissue in which it originates or spread to the distant sites in the body
Benign
a tumor that does invade and destroys the tissue in which it originates and can spread to other sites in the body via the bloodstream and lymphatic system.
Malignant
The distant spread of tumor from its site origin
Metastasis
aka mutation: exposure to chemicals or unusual element that cause cancer and step 1
Initiation
a promotor that increases mutation of the cell, can be specific or non-specific and step 2
Promotion
INc. the growth -> activate tumor cell to spread
aggressive and inc malignant
Progression
Chemicals
Excess energy or macronutrients especially unsaturated fats
virus
radiation
limited antioxidant and other nutrients
causes of cancer
Curative
Palliative
Adjuvant therapy
salvage chemotherapy
neoadjuvant
Goals for the cancer
total eradication of cancer cells
lower tumor cell burden at which level host
immunological defenses may keep the cells in control
Curative
Alleviation of symptoms, decrease tumor size, control growth
avoidance of life-threatening toxicity
inc. survival and improved quality of life
Palliative
attempt to eradicate microscopic cancer after surgery
Adjuvant therapy
an attempt to get a patient into remission, after previous therapies have failed
salvage chemotherapy
chemotherapy is given to decrease the tumor burden before definitive therapy (surgery, radiation)
neoadjuvant
oncologists prefer to use the term complete response or remission to indicate a patient with no evidence of disease after treatment
remission
chemotherapeutic agents kill a constant fraction of cells (1st order kinetics), rather than specific number of cells after each dose
Log Kill hypothesis
significance weight ____ that indicates positive to a tumor
1 gram