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Homework answers / question archive / University of Illinois, Chicago NURS 531 Chapter 56: Anticancer drugs MULTIPLE CHOICE 1)A cytoplasmic kinase (Bcr/Abl) involved in the pathogenesis of chronic myeloid leukemia is inhibited by crisantaspase anastrozole imatinib rituximab aldesleukin 2
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Cumulative dose-related cardiac toxicity typically results from administration of |
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doxorubicin |
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bleomycin |
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vincristine |
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imatinib |
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irinotecan |
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Goserelin is used in treating advanced prostate cancer because of its ability to |
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increase gonadotrophin secretion |
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reduce gonadotrophin secretion |
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block testosterone receptors |
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activate estrogen receptors |
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inhibit estrogen synthesis |
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Vincristine inhibits mitosis of cancer cells at metaphase by |
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inhibiting telomerase |
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increasing tubulin degradation |
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inhibiting synthesis of tubulin |
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inhibiting polymerization of tubulin |
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stabilizing microtubules |
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Cytarabine is converted to an active triphosphate metabolite that inhibits |
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DNA polymerase |
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adenine deaminase |
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dihydrofolate reductase |
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telomerase |
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thymidylate synthetase |
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Folinic acid can be administered to counteract the toxic effects of |
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fludarabine |
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gemcitabine |
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cytarabine |
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fluorouracil |
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methotrexate |
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Reactive carbonium ions that attack guanine bases of DNA and lead to crosslinking of DNA strands are formed in the body from drugs such as |
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cisplatin |
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bleomycin |
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doxorubicin |
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etoposide |
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cyclophosphamide |
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Which anticancer drug is most effective in the G2 phase of the cell cycle? |
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paclitaxel |
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methotrexate |
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bleomycin |
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irinotecan |
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cytarabine |
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Thymidylate synthetase is inhibited by the active metabolite of |
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pentostatin |
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fluorouracil |
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doxorubicin |
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gemcitabine |
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fludarabine |
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Anastrozole is used in treating advanced breast cancer because of its ability to |
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inactivate tumor growth factors |
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block estrogen receptors |
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inhibit aromatase |
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decrease gonadotropin secretion |
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cross-link strands of DNA |
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Sulfhydryl donors such as mesna are useful in reducing ifosfamide-induced |
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bone marrow depression |
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nausea and vomiting |
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cardiac toxicity |
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hemorrhagic cystitis |
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gastrointestinal ulceration |
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Trastuzumab is useful in treating breast cancer because of its ability to bind |
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telomerase |
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human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
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DNA transcription factors |
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insulin-like growth factor |
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calcium channel forming proteins |