Drug Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer Ch 12

Question 1

Alopecia

Answer 1

hair loss

Question 2

Cell cyte

Answer 2

series of intracellular events occuring from one cell division to the next

Question 3

Chemotherapy

Answer 3

in oncology, the treatment of cancer with an antineoplastic drug or with a combination of such drugs typically given in cycles

Question 4

Mucositis

Answer 4

inflammation of mucous membranes

Question 5

Mutation

Answer 5

structural change in the genetic material of a cell

Question 6

Myelosuppression

Answer 6

bone marrow depression

Question 7

Neutropenia

Answer 7

low neutrophil count

Question 8

Oncogenes

Answer 8

genes that have the potential to cause a normal cell to become cancerous

Question 9

Palliation

Answer 9

alleviation of pain and symptoms without expecting to eliminate the cause

Question 10

Proto-oncogenes

Answer 10

genes that have the potential to change into active oncogenes

Question 11

Remission

Answer 11

period when symptoms of a disease have subsided (“remitted”)

Question 12

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 12

low platelet count

Question 13

Tumor lysis syndrome

Answer 13

life-threatening condition that occurs when large numbers of cancer cells are killed or damaged simultaneously and release there intracellular contents into the bloodstream

Question 14

tumor suppressor genes

Answer 14

genes that inhibit unrestrained cell growth; when inactivated, mutant abnormal cells may be allowed to proliferate; also called antioncogenes