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Chemotherapy V Miscellaneous Agents Flashcards

1
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What is the main target of targeted cancer therapy?

A

Tyrosine Kinases

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Imatinib Mesylate Target

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Bcr-Abl fusion protein

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What is imatinib mesylate most often used to treat?

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

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Cetuximab MOA

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Ab that inhibits the EGFR which is over expressed in some types of cancer

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Cetuximab Target

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EGFR receptors

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Cetuxumab Indications

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  • Lung cancer and head and neck cancer

- Colorectal cancer

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Erlotinib Target

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Tyrosine kinase domain associated with EGFR

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Erlotinib MOA

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Inhibition of tyrosine kinase associated with EGFR leading to inhibition of critical cell signaling pathways

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Bevacizumab MOA

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The monoclonal antibody binds to VEGF ligand and presumably decreases the growth of primary cancers and metastatic cancers due to impaired vasculature formation in the tumor.

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Transtuzumab MOA

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Binds and inhibits extracellular domain of the EGFR, her-2/neu

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Asparaginase MOA

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Hydrolyzes L-asparagine leading to inhibition of protein synthesis

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Hydroxyurea MOA

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Inhibits ribonucelotide reductase leading to inhibition of DNA synthesis

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All trans retinoid acid (tretinoin) MOA

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Induces terminal differentiation of the leukemia cells

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Arsenic Trioxide Indications

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Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

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Arsenic Trioxide MOA

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Allows myeloid differentiation to continue and apoptosis to occur

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Besides CML what else can imatinib be used to treat?

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GI Stromal Tumors with cKIT mutations

17
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What mutations will prevent response to cetuximab?

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KRAS and NRAS

18
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What ion can be low from cetuximab therapy?

19
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Erlotinib SE

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  • Rash
  • GI symptoms
  • Fatigue
20
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What is erlotinib effective at treating?

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Patients with EGFR activating mutations that lead to lung cancers - ex: adenocarcinoma of lung - often in women non-smokers

21
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Sorafenib/Pazopanib/Sunitinib MOA

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VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors

22
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Sorafenib/Pazopanib/Sunitinib Indications

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Renal Cell Cancer

23
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What is the main serious SE of Transtuzumab?

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Cardiac toxicity that is not dose dependent and is reversible

24
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Over expression of what indicates good trastuzumab response?

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Her2/neu overexpression

25
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Vemurafenib MOA

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BRAF inhibitor

26
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Vemurafenib Indications

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Melanoma with BRAF activating mutation

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