Wednesday - fitz 1 - general antineoplastics

Question 1

differential sensitivity

Answer 1

Something about that cancer cell that makes it more susceptible to treatment that normal cells are.

This is a comparison of cancer cells to normal cells, not cancer cells to other cancer cells.

Question 2

4 big classes of drugs most likely to cause marrow suppression, mausea, vomiting, dysgeusia, alopecia

Answer 2

antimetabolites
antimitotics
crosslinking agents
intercalating agents

aka the cytotoxic ones.

Question 3

What anti cancer Tx kill a constant proportion of proliferating cells with each dose?

Answer 3

Antimetabolites and antimitotics

CCS drugs