Chapter 14: Antineoplastic Agents

Question 1

Some properties of neoplastic cells are the same as the properties of normal cells, including

Answer 1

Mitosis

Question 2

Carcinomas are tumors that originate in

Answer 2

Epithelial cells

Question 3

The goal of traditional antineoplastic drug therapy is to

Answer 3

Reduce the size of abnormal cell mass for immune system destruction

Question 4

Cancer can be difficult disease to treat because

Answer 4

Cells remain dormant, emerging months are years later

Question 5

Antineoplastic drugs destroy human cells. They are most likely to cause cell death amount healthy cells that

Answer 5

Are rapidly turing over

Question 6

Cancer treatment usually occurs in several different treatment phases. In assessing the appropriateness of another round of chemotherapy for a particular patient, the nurse would evaluate which of the following as important

Answer 6

Bone marrow function

Question 7

It is important to explain to women that chemotherapeutic agents should not be used during pregnancy because

Answer 7

The potential serious adverse effects on the rapidly multiplying cells of the fetus.

Question 8

Cancer drugs are given in combination and over a period of time because it is difficult to affect

Answer 8

Cell in the dormant phase of the cell cycle