Chapter 9: Med onc Flashcards

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Vitamin B ___ can be provided @ ____ - ____ mg, 2-3x/day to reduce hand/foot syndrom

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B6
50-100 mg

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The American College of Surgeons ________ ___ _________ accredit oncology locations & specifies . They ensure patients have access to a full scope of care including RDN, either onsite or by referral.

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Commission on Cancer (CoC)

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The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer recommends RDNs attend weekly __________ & represent at __________________ meetings

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Tumor boards, cancer committee meetings

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Antineoplastic therapies include (4):

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  1. Chemotherapy
  2. Immunotherapy
  3. Targeted Therapy
  4. Hormone therapy
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An oncologist prescribes cancer treatment according to _______________ OR _______ _____- guidelines

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National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), Clinical trial

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3 branches of oncology include

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  1. Medical Oncology
  2. Radiation Oncology
  3. Surgical Oncology
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Define tumor burden or tumor load

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The size of tumor or amount of cancer in the body

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T/F: Faster growing tumors respond better to therapy

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True. As tumors increase in size the growth rate slows and reduces the effectiveness of cancer treatment

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Define tumor growth rate

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The proportion of cancer cells within the tumor that are growing/dividing to form new cancer cells. Rapidly growing respond better to treatment

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Define Definitive Therapy

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Use of radiation as the PRIMARY treatment, with or without chemo

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Define Palliation

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Use of cancer treatment modalities when disease cure/control is not possible to relieve symptoms/side effects or improve QOL

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What is zolendronic acid (aka Reclast)

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A type of Bisphosphonate drug used to slow bone breakdown usually d/t bone mets

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Prevention versus Prophylactic therapy

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Prevention uses medicine, other agents or surgery

Prophylactic uses radiation to relieve symptoms or prevent issues (i.e. prophylactic brain radiation w/ SCLC)

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Chemotherapeutic agents interfere with _______________ to ultimately lead to cell death

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Cell division, they work at different parts of the cell cycle

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Describe the 5 parts of the cell cycle

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G0 - rest
G1 - postmitotic phase, synthesis RNA & protein
S - synthesis, make DNA
G2 - premitotic phase, prepare to divide
M - mitotic phase, stop growing and divides into 2 daughter cells

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Cell cycle non-specific agents damage drugs in all phases of the cell cycle. 4 classes are:

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  1. Alkalyting agents
  2. Antitumor Antibiotics
  3. Hormone Therapies
  4. Nitrosureas
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Cell cycle-specific agents damage cells within specific parts of the cell cycle

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  1. Camptothecins (s)
  2. Antimetabolites (s)
  3. Misc (misc)
  4. Plant alkaloids & taxanes (mitosis)
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3 factors used to determine a chemo prescription

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  1. Frequency of cycles
  2. Length of cycles (minutes, hours, days)
  3. Number of cycles (per research)
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Define personalized or precision medicine

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Uses a patients genetic information to prevent, diagnose, or treat cancer. Performed on a sample of the tumor to detect DNA mutations

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Define pharmacogenetics

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The study of how a person’s genes affect the way the body responds to certain drugs

Looks at small variations within genes to determine of the drug activates or deactivates the gene

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Retuximab

What does it treat and what are the side effects?

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Monoclonal antibody
C20
B-cell disease
Tumor lysis syndrome

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Tumor lysis syndrome is electrolyte and renal abnormalities, what are the defining characteristics?

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High phosh
High K+
Low Ca
High uric acid

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Which monoclonal antibody causes decreased appetite & hypomagnesium?

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Cetuximab

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Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Ado-trastuzumab target which gene?

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ERBB2
(HER2)

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Monoclonal antibodies end in which 2 letters?
"ab"
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What are common side effects of monoclonal antibodies?
Skin reaction, infusion reaction, GI, pulmonary, cardiotoxicities
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What are common side effects of small molecule drugs?
Cardiotoxicities, skin reactions, GI
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Angioneogensis inhibitors fall under which drug category?
Targeted molecules, specifically small molecule drugs
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These are the 3 PD-1 targeted monoclonal antibodies
Pembrolizumab Nivolumab Impilimumab
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Denosumab (Xgeva) What does it treat? What class of drugs? What are side effects?
Bone mets or osteoporosis Monoclonal antibody N/V/D Hypocalcemia, Osteonecrosis of the jaw
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Pembrolizumab What does it treat? What class of drugs? What are side effects?
PD-1 Monoclonal antibody NSCLC, H&N, melanoma Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia, Hypoalbuminemia
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Nivolumab What does it treat? What class of drugs? What are side effects?
PD-1 Monoclonal antibody NSCLC, melanoma, renal cell Colitis, constipation, N/V Hyponatremia, Hypokalemia, Hymagnesimia
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Protein-targeted small molecule drugs end in which 2 letters?
"ib"
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What are the 3 small molecule angiogenesis inhibitors?
Bevacizumab Lenailidomide Thalidomide
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Which chemo drugs requires avoidance of tyramine-rich food/drink?
Procarbazine
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Which chemo drug requires avoidance of dairy?
Mercaptopurine
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Which small molecule drug must you take with a low fat meal?
Regorafenib
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Which supplements should you take with Zoledronic Acid?
calcium & vitamin DC
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Can you crush Temozolomide?
No
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What should you avoid within 2 hours of taking Tamoxifen?
Antacids
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What nutritional considerations should you take with Sipleucel-T? (2)
Drink extra water 2-3 days prior Avoid caffeine
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Which 3 chemo drugs tend to cause hand/foot syndome?
Carboplatin Fluorouracil Oxaliplatin
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Mensa is given with these 2 chemo drugs d/t bladder toxicities
Cyclophosphamide Ifosfamide
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You should avoid grapefruit juice and excess vitamin A with this chemo drug
Bexarotene
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Avoid alcohol with these 2 chemo drugs
Vincristine Lomustine
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Cryotherapy during infusion can help prevent mucositis with boluses of these 2 chemo drugs
Fluorouracil & Melphelan
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What are potential side effects of angiogenesis inhibitors?
Hypertension, MI, stroke, nosebleeds, GI perforation
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2 specific side effects of Bevacizumab
Proteinuria (1/3 of pts) Hypothyroidism
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Imatinib What does it treat? What class of drugs? What are side effects?
CML Small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor Fluid retention/edema
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Temsirolimus & Everolimus are ___________ agents that treat _____________
Protein-targeted therapy Renal cancer (and others)
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These 2 agents contain lactose, may require lactase enzyme
Deferasiox Nilotinib
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These are the 5 categories of immunotherapy (not including monoclonal antibodies)
1. Non-specific 2. CAR-T cell 3. Cancer vaccines 4. Oncolytic viral therapies 5. Cadiopharmaceuticals
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What are the 2 non-specific immunotherapies
Interferon & interlukin Create a broad-based immune response rather than targeting certain genes
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T-VEC can be used to treat melanoma and is a ________ kind of therapy
Oncolytic viral therapy - genetically modified herpes simplex
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What kind of immunotherapy is sipuleucel-T?
Cancer vaccine used in hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer
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T-cell therapy has been used for treatment of (2)
B-cell lymphoma in adults & ALL in children
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How do SERMs work? What are the 3 agents?
Compete with estrogen for binding to receptors Tamoxifen, Ruloxifen, Toremifene
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What are 5 side effects of SERMS?
1. Blood clots 2. Menstural symptoms 3. Fluid retention 4. Weight gain 5. Increased risk for endometrial cancer
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How do aromatase inhibitors work? What are the 3 agents?
Block the conversion of androgen hormones to estogen. Anstrazole, Lestrozole, Exemestane
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Which aramotase inhibitor causes high cholesterol?
Lestrozole
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How do progresterones work and what is the primary one?
They reduce stability of estrogens, thus limiting their availability Megestrol acetate -
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What are the 5 classes of hormone therapies?
1. Serms 2. Aromatase inhibitors 3. Progesterones 4. Anti-androgens 5. Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonists
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How to anti-androgens work? What are the 2 main ones?
Bind to androgen receptors to prevent the effects of testosterone in androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cells Bicalutamide Flutamide
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Which 2 cancers are leutinizing hormone releasing hormone agaonists used to treat?
Prostate and ovarian
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How to lutenizing hormone releasing hormone agonists work?
Stops the pituitary gland to stop producing LH, which results in suppression of testosterone and estrogen
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What are the 2 LHRH agonist drugs?
Leuprolide Goserelin
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These 2_______ supplements interfere with Tamoxifen while _________ supplement may improve its use
Sillymarin (Milk Thistle) & Black cohosh Melatonin
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What's the concern with Quercitin?
May bind with iron and increase risk for deficiency
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What makes ibritumomab unique?
Radiopharmaceutical used to treat lymphomas (Combo of y90 + rituximab)
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Most oral chemo drugs should be taken on an empty stomach with the exception of these 3 that should be taken with food
Bexarotene Imatinib Capecitabine