Chemo 5 Flashcards

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Cell cycle non specific drugs are _____ dependent

A

Dose . . .

cell cycle specific drugs are more schedule dependent

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2
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What are the triazenes and what do they do

A
  • Dacarbazine
  • Procarbazine
  • Temozolomide

-DNA alkylation. Methylation of Guanasine O6, N7

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3
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What are the Nitrosoureas and what do they do?

A

Carmustine
Lomustine

-Alkylation THEN crosslinking guanosine O6, N7. also Protein carbamoylation

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4
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What is streptozocin used for

A

insulinomas

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5
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What are Nitrosoureas used for

A

Brain tumors

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6
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What is Dacarbazine used for

A

metastatic melanoma

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7
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what is Procarbazine used for

A

Malignant glioma

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8
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What is temozolomide used for

A

Treatment resistant glioma and astrocytoma

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9
Q

What are the nitrogen mustards?

A
  • cyclophosphamide
  • Ifosfamide
  • Mechlorethamine
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10
Q

how are Cyclophosphamide and Ifosfamide activated

A

CYP450

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11
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What does Melphalan target?

Treat?

A

Phenylalanine transporters

-Multiple myeloma

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12
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What route of administration is Chlorambucil?

What does it treat?

A

oral

-CLL

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13
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What does busulfan treat

A

CML

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14
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What does Estramustine treat

A

Advanced prostate cancer

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15
Q

what is the M in MOPP treatment for Hodgkin disease

A

Mechlorethamine

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16
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What happens if you miss the vein or infuse Mechlorethamine too fast?

A

blisters or necrosis

17
Q

What is the active metabolite of cyclophosphmide?

Toxic one?

A
  • phosphoramide

- Acrolein: urotoxix to bladder

18
Q

What CYP450s metabolize cyclophosphamide and Ifosfamide?

A

2B6 and 34A

19
Q

Ifosfamide has similar metabolites as Cyclophosphamide except it also has one extra. . what is it

A

-Chloroacetaldehyde (Neurotoxicity)

20
Q

What is given prophylactically before administration of cyclophasphamide to diminish the toxic effect of Acrolein on the bladder

21
Q

What is used for castration resistant prostate cancer?

What is the complication?

A
  • Estramustine

- Thromboembolic events

22
Q

route of administration of Carmustine?

Lomustine?

23
Q

Dacarbazine (IV) and Temozolomide (PO) both have what same activated metabolite

A

Methyltriazene imidazole carboximide

24
Q

Does Dacarbazine or Temozolomide penetrate into the CNS well

A

Temozolomide

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What enzyme in tumors influences the efficacy of Temozolomide
O6-MGMT
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What is a biomarker for temozolomide efficacy
Epigenetic silencing of MGMT . . we want it to be silenced
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What are the organo-platinum drugs
- Cisplatin - Carboplatin - Oxaloplatin
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What is cisplatin used for
Testicular cancer
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What is Carboplatin used for
Ovarian cancer
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What is Oxaloplatin used for
colorectal cancer
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What is the dose limiting toxicity of cisplatin
- Acute renal failure | - Ototoxicity later in life and is permanent
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What is the dose limiting toxicity of Oxaloplatin
cold induced neuropathy . . don't give ice cubes
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how does cisplatin enter cells
diffusion and Cu2+ transporter
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What kind of crosslinking does cisplatin do that is difficult for the tumor to repair
INTRA strand. . . . same strand