Chemotherapy Drugs Flashcards

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Combination therapy

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Combination therapy with chemo drugs is more beneficial because it decreases medication resistance, increases effectiveness, and reduces toxic effects to healthy cells.

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How does all chemotherapy work?

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It works on one particular part of the cell cycle to disrupt the cell from growing!

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For all chemo drugs and bloodwork, what do we look at?

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Look at kidney values, GI upset/GI bleeds, and bone marrow loss!

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