Pharmacology Flashcards
Clinical use nitroureas
brain tumors
Mechanism:
5-FU
PYrimidine analog inhibits thymidylate synthase
Etoposide/teniposide MOA
inhibit topoisomerase II
Vemurafenib MOA
small molecule inhibitor of BRAF+ melanoma
Imatinib toxicity
edema
Trastuzumab toxicity
heart
Mechanism:
Cytarabine
Pyrimidine analog inhibits DNA polymerase
Cisplatin/carboplatin toxicity
- Nephro: prevent with amifostine
- Oto
Erlotinib toxicity
rash
Imatinib clinical use
CML, GIST
Rituximab MOA
Monoclonal antibody against CD20
Tamoxifen/raloxifene MOA
SERM - antagonist breast, agonist bone
Trastuzumab MOA
Monoclonal antibody against HER-2 (c-erbB2), a tyrosine kinase receptor
Paclitaxel MOA
prevent mitotic spindle breakdown
Mechanism:
Bleomycin
Free radical formation induces DNA strand breaks
Toxicity
Dactinomycin
Myelosuppression
Erlotinib Clinical Use
NSCLC
Paclitaxel toxicity
- myelosuppression
- alopecia
- hypersensitivity
Tamoxifen toxicity
endometrial cancer
hot flashes
Microtubule inhibitors act on what cell cycle phase
M
vinblastine toxicity
- myelosuppression
Clinical use busulfan
CML and bone marrow ablation
Cell cycle phase
Cladribine (2CDA)
S
Vincristine/vinblastine MOA
bind beta-tubulin to prevent mitotic spindle formation
Does raloxifene increase endometrial CA risk
no
Toxicity
Doxorubicin
DCM
Myelosuppression
Alopecia
Bevacizumab MOA
VEGF monoclonal antibody
Clinical use
Bleomycin
Testicular cancer
Hodgkin Lymphoma