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Antineoplastic pharmacology Flashcards

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Mechanism of action of 5-FU

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Inhibit thymidylate synthetase

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Drug that causes acute hemorrhagic cystitis

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Cyclophosphamide

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Drug that is cell cycle specific, acting specifically in mitotic phase

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Paclitaxel

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Cardiotoxicity limits total administration of

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Adriamycin

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Drug that doesn’t suppress bone marrow

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Bleomycin

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Kinase inhibitors

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Imatinib (gleevec)
Nilotinib
Dasatinib

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Antibody against EGFR-HER2 receptor

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Trastuzuma (herceptin)

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Antibody against VEGF

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Bevacizumab (avastin)

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Checkpoint inhibitors

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Ipilimumab (yervoy)

Nivolumab (opdivo)

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Inhibit angiogenesis by blockin VEGF and bFGF

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Thalidomide

Lenalidomid

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Proteosome inhibitors

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Bortezamib (velcade)

Carfilzomib

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Alkylating agents

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Mechlorethamine
Cyclophosphamide
Busulfan
Carmustin
Cisplatin
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Binds dsDNA containing guanosine, intercalates, and generates free radicals

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Actinomycin D

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Intercalated quinone redox center that binds Fe++ and oxidized to Fe+++ ->superoxides

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Adriamycin

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Glycopeptide that intercalates and generates free radicals

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Bleomycin

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Inhibitors of topoisomerase II

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Etoposide

Teniposide

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Inhibitor of topoisomerase I

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Irinotecan

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Imatinib (gleevec) is used frequently for

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Ph+ CML and AML

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Metabolism of imatinib (gleevec)

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CYP3A4

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Drugs that Compete with imatinib for CYP3A4 metabolism

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Warfarin

Grapefruit juice

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Drugs that induce CYP3A4 metabolism and affect imatinib administration

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Phenytoin

St. John’s wort

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Side effects of imatinib

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Nvd
Skin rxns
Hepatotoxicity
Htn
Myelosuppression
Edema
CHF
Musculoskeletal pain
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Side effects of trastuzumab (herceptin)

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Nvd
Rigors
Infusion rxns
Cardiac dysfunction
CHF
Hypotension
Edema
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Uses for bevacizumab (avastin)

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Colon cancer, vasculopathy

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Checkpoint inhibitor that is an MAB against CTLA4 on T cells

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Ipilimumab (yervoy)

*CTLA4 = cyctotoxic t lymphocyte associated protein 4

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Uses for ipilimumab (yervoy)

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Melanoma
NSCLC
Hodgkins lymphoma

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Checkpoint inhibitor that is an MAB against PD-1 on some NK cells

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Nivolumab (opdivo)

PD-1=programmed death receptor

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Drug that can cause significant incidence of secondary leukemias

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Etoposide and teniposide

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Toxicity from checkpoint inhibitors prominently includes

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Autoimmunity

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30
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell can be used for

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Cancer and autoimmune

Subsets of treatment resistand cancers

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Uses for angiogenesis inhibitors - thalidomide and lanalidomide

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Causes direct growth arrest in multiple myeloma cells

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Side effects of thalidomide

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Teratogenic

Peripheral neuropathy

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Side effects of lanalidomide

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Teratogenic
Peripheral neuropathy
Neutropenia
Thromboembolism

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Boron containing 26S proteasome inhibitor

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Boretezamib

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Bortezamib mechanism

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Disregulates turnover of proteins mediating cell cycle (cyclins, p53)
ER stress -> apoptosis

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Metabolism of bortezamib

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Uses of bortezamib (velcade)

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Mutliple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma

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What is dose limiting toxicity of bortezamib (velcade)

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Peripheral neuropathy

39
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Drug that has extremely low therapeutic index ~1

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Bortezamib (velcade)

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Mechlorethamine mechanism

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Alkylating agent

Form covalent adducts across DNA strands

41
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Administration of mechlorethamine (alkylating agent)

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Iv infusion near tumor site

42
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Administration of cyclophosphamide (alkylating agent)

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Oral -> wide distribution

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Elimination of cyclophosphamide (alkylating agent)

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Urine (active alkylator and metabolites)

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Toxicities of cyclophosphamide

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Classical toxicities + myocarditis and hemorrhagic cystitis

45
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Use of cyclophosphamide (alkylating agent)

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Hematogenous tumors

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Administration of actinomycin d

47
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Elimination of actinomycin d

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Bile and urine - unchanged

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Uses of actinomycin d

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Choriocarcinoma, wilms tumor, testicular tumors, karposis sarcoma

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Administration and distribution of adriamycin

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IV; wide except CNS

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Elimination of adriamycin

51
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Metabolism of adriamycin

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Toxicities of adriamycin

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Classical toxicities + adriamycin cardiotoxicity

53
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Administration of bleomycin

54
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Use of bleomycin

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Lymphoma, germ cell cancers, head/neck cancer

55
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Folic acid analog

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Methotrexate

56
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Inhibits dihydrofolate reductase

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Methotrexate

57
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What cant be synthesiaed due to methotrexate

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Thymidine

Tetrahydrofolate

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Dose limiting toxicity of purine analogs (ie 6-MP)

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Myelosuppression

59
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6-MP blocks synthesis of

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ATP and GTP

60
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Metabolism of 6-MP (purine analog)

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Tissue xanthine oxidase and thiopurine methyltransferase

61
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6-MP has a reaction with

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Allopurinol

62
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5-FU inhibits

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Thymidylate synthetase

63
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Effects of 5-FU enhanced by

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Leukovorin

64
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Drug that can be used topically for basal cell carcinoma

65
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Toxicities of 5-FU

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Classical toxicities + CNS (ataxia, confusion)

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Drugs that bind to tubulin and disaggregate mitotic spindles -> metaphase arrest

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Vinca alkaloids: vincristine, vinblastine

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Drug that binds tubulin and stabilized microtubules -> metaphase arrest

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Taxol (paclitaxel)

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Estrogen agonist

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Estrogen antagonist

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Androgen agonist

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Androgen antagonist

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GnRH agonist

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Leuprolide

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GnRH antagonist

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Drugs that can be used for reversible chemical orchiectomy or oophorectomy

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Leuprolide (GnRH agonist)

Degarelix (antagonist)

75
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Aromatase inhibitors

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Anastrazole, letrozole, vorozole

76
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Mechanism of aromatase inhibitors

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Prevent generation of estrogens from androgens

More effective than tamoxifen

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