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1
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Radiation Sensitizers

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Doxorubicin Dactinomycin Gemcitibine

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2
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Gross total volume

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volume occupied by tumor at diagnosis

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3
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Clinical Target Volume

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GTV + sires of suspected occult disease and involved adjacent lymph nodes

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4
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Planning Target Volume

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CTV + area getting dose accounting for variability (less for protons)

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5
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Cranial irradtion for ALL

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includes posterior half of eye and C2

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6
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Flank irradiation

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includes whole vertebral bodies

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7
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tumor spillage irradation

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includes pelvis

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8
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Spinal irradiation

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includes thecal sac to S3

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9
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Radiation dose for brain necrosis

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60 Gy

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10
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Radiation dose for IQ defects

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12 Gy

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11
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Radiation dose for GH deficiency

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18 Gy

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12
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Radiation dose for precocious puberty

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20 Gy

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13
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Radiation dose for TSH/FSH/ACTH deficiency

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40 Gy

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14
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Doxorubicin extravisation

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Cold compress, dexrazoxane

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15
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Vinblastine extravisation

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Warm compress, hyluronidase

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16
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Vincristine extravisation

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warm compress, hyaluronidase

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17
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Alkylating agents

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temozolomide, melphalan, ifosfamide, cclophosphamide, thiotepa, carmustine, busulfan, cisplatin, carboplatin

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18
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Platinums

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Cisplatin, Carboplatin

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19
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Platinum SE

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Peripheral nueropathy, NV, Nephrotoxicity, myelosuppression, hepatoxicity, hypersenitivity, ototoxicity (cisplat>carbo)

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20
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Cisplatin ototoxicity

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High frequency sensioneural hearing loss >4,000 hz

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21
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Cyclophosphamide nephrotoxicity

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water retention with hyponatremia from direct tubular damage not ADH

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22
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Ifosfamide nephrotoxicity

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proximal tubular fanconi syndrome with glucosuria, phosphaturia, amino aciduria, riscketts, RTA distal tubular damage

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23
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Mesna

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chelates acrolein

24
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Antidote for ifosfamide neurotoxicity

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methylene blue

25
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Late effects for alkylators

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Reproduction, pulmonary fibrosis for Busulfan nitrogen mustards, renal dysfunction, ototoxicity, secondary cancers

26
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Antimetabolites

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Methotrexate, mercaptopurine, thioguanine, fludarabine, cladribine, clofarabine, nelarabine, cytarabine, gemcitabine, flurorouracil

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Antimetabolite SE

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myelosuppression, hepatotoxicity, mucositis, NV, neurotoxicity, rash, pulmonary toxicity
HD MTX nephrotoxic
Radiation Recall gemcitabine

28
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Methotrexate neurotoxicity

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10-14 day onset
resolves 1-7 days
10-50% recur???
can cause chronic encephalopathy

29
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Cytarabine neurotoxicity

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acute cerebellar syndrome
ataxia
nystagmus
dysmetria
dysarthria
3-8 day onset
resolves 1 wk
30% have residual effect

30
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Nelarabine neurotoxicity

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solmnolence, seizures
Guillan Barre like syndrome
gradually reversible

31
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Fludarabine neurotoxicity

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progressive leukoencephalopathy
can be fatal
delayed onset demyelination

32
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HD methotrexate nephrotoxicity

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High output renal failure antidote glucarpidase

33
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Glucarpidase

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cleaves circulating Mtx into DAMPA and glutamic acid

34
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Mercaptopurine interaction

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Allopurinol

35
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Methotrexate interaction

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Aspirin, penicillin, NSAIDs, ciprofloxacin, sulfas, L-Asp (give 24h after MTX)

36
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Topoisomerase

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I Topotecan/irinotecan
II Doxorubicin, daunorubicin, idarubicin, etoposide, mitoxantrone, dactinomycin

37
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Topoisomerase SE

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NV myelosuppression, mucositis, diarrhea, anthrcyclines - cardiac, hepatic, vesicants, radiation sensitizers (doxo, dactino, dauno, ida) etop infusion reaction

38
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Inrinotecan diarrhea

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prodrug metablized to SN-38
Hyperacture <8H - atropine
Acute >8 hours - octreotide
prophy cefixime

39
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Tubulin binding (microtubule inhibitors)

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Vinca alkyloids paclitaxel docetaxel erlibulin

40
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Microtubule inhibitor SE

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Myelosupression except VCR
Neuropathy
SIADH
Vinblastine - mucositis
Vesicants (warm compress)

41
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Steroids

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Dex not bound to transcortin so crosses BBB

42
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Steroid SE

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centipedal obesity
growth failure
immunosuppression
myopathy
avascular necrosis
gastric ulcers
pancreatitis
diabetes
psychiatric disorders
hypertension
impaired wound healing

43
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Asparginase

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leukemic blasts are deficient in aspargine synthase
Peg-asparginase T1/2 5-7 days
Erwinea T1/2 10-15 hours
Calaspargase T1/2 16 days

44
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Asparginase SE

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Hypersensitivity
Coagulopathy
pancreatitis
hepatic toxicity
neurotoxicity

45
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Bleomycin

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Chlates metals that bine DNA and produce double stranded breaks

46
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Bleomycin SE

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interstitial pneumonitis
hyperpigmentation
hypersensitivity
raynaud

47
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Arsenic Trioxide

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apoptosis
SE prolonged QTc
leukocytosis, APL differentiation
Hepatotoxicity
dermatitis
low mag, ca, hyperglycemia

48
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ATRA

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differentiation syndrome
chelitis
headache, psuedotumor cerebri
bone and joint pain
hypertriglyceridemia
venous thrombosis

49
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13-cis retinoic acid

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skin sensitivity
headache
hypertryglyceridemia
hypercalcemia
epiphyseal changes
pseudotumor cerebri
visual changes
psychiatric disorders

50
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BCR-ABL inhibitors TKIs

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Imatinib - NV fatigue dh hepatoxicity hemorrhagic pleural effusions
Dasatinib dh headache hypokalemia poor bone growth pleural and pericardial effusion
nolatinib same with arthralgias, constipation, nasopharyngitis, pyrexia

51
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Axitinib, Pazopanib

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VEGF PDGF C-Kit
RCC

52
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Sorafinib

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VEGF PDGF c-KIT
HCC
AML FLT3
RCC

53
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ALK inhibitors

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Lorlatinib
Large cell anaplasctic lymphoma
NBL

54
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NTRK inihibitors

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Larotrectinib

55
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DNA methylation inihibitors

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Azacitidine and decitabine
activates tumor suppressor genes silences by hypermethylation

56
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Gemtuzumab

57
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Brentuxumab

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