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Cancer Chemotherapy

Question 1 of 51

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What is the scientific name for cancer?

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Question 2 of 51

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What is the word used for a cancerous growth?

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Question 3 of 51

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Carcinomas derive from

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Question 4 of 51

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What type of tumour derives from connective tissue?

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What type of tumour derives from thin layers of tissue surrounding internal organs?

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Question 6 of 51

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What type of tumour derives from glial cells in the brain?

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Question 7 of 51

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derive from germ cells (which are non- cells)

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Question 8 of 51

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What does leukemia derive from?

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Question 9 of 51

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The proportion of tumour cells dividing and cycling is known as the

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Question 10 of 51

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Name three folic acid antagonists.
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2 -
3 -

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Question 11 of 51

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Name four pyrimidine analogues.
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2 -
3 -
4 -

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Question 12 of 51

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Name five purine analogues.
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5 -

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Question 13 of 51

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Methotrexate works by attacking/inhibiting reductase. This prevents being converted into .

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Question 14 of 51

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Fluorouracil mimics which nitrogenous base?

Select one of the following:

  • cytosine

  • guanine

  • thiamine

  • adenine

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Question 15 of 51

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Name two main nitrogen mustard based alkylating agents.
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2 -

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Question 16 of 51

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Alkylating agents, such as , work by between nitrogenous bases. This produces a structure which is hard to break meaning DNA is not longer able to .

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Question 17 of 51

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Cisplatin and carboplatin are examples of which anticancer type drugs?

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Question 18 of 51

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Name two platinating agents.
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2 -

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Question 19 of 51

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Which main element do platinating agents contain?

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Question 20 of 51

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In conditions, the group of platinating agents is replaced with . The nitrogen on the base can displace water and binds tightly to the drug.

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Question 21 of 51

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The bond formed by platinating agents and DNA bases is stronger than the covalent bonds formed between alkylating agents and DNA bases.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 22 of 51

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Antitumor antibiotics and derived from species.

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Question 23 of 51

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Name six main groups/drugs of antibiotics used in cancer chemotherapy (in alphabetical order).
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3 -
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6 -

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The main anticancer anthracycline antibiotic is .

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Question 25 of 51

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Anthracyclines are used mainly in lung, breast cancer, and leukaemia.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 26 of 51

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Which enzyme does doxorubicin inhibit?

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Question 27 of 51

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What is the main adverse effect of anthracyclines?

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Question 28 of 51

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Dactinomycin is used mainly for breast, stomach, lung, pancreas, bladder, and anal cancers.

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  • True
  • False

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Question 29 of 51

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Dactinomycin works mainly by with DNA at the complex, which prevents action.

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Question 30 of 51

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Bleomycin is used mainly for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 31 of 51

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Bleomycin works by with ions (mainly ), which produces that DNA. Oxygen is required for this to occur.

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Question 32 of 51

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Dactinomycin causes pulmonary fibrosis and dermatological toxicity.

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  • True
  • False

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Question 33 of 51

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Mitomycin C is a . It is enzymatically activated to produce an metabolite.

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Question 34 of 51

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Procarbazine is used mainly in the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 35 of 51

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Procarbazine is a which breaks down to in the body. This reaction produces which causes damage to . It interferes with DNA and RNA .

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Question 36 of 51

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Hydroxycarbamide interacts with many drugs because it inhibits monoamine oxidase.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 37 of 51

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is used for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia.

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Question 38 of 51

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Hydroxycarbamide works by inhibiting . This enzyme is responsible for catalysing DNA from RNA strands.

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Question 39 of 51

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What is the main side effect of hydroxycarbamide?

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Question 40 of 51

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ABVD is the name of one the chemotherapy treatments used to treat . It is made up of the drugs
A =
B =
C =
D =

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    Hodgkin's lymphoma
    testicular cancer
    non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
    breast cancer
    bladder cancer
    brain tumours
    Adriamycin
    Amsacrine
    Alemtuzumab
    Aromasin
    Aclarubicin
    Bleomycin
    Busulfan
    Buserelin
    Bevacizumab
    Vinblastine
    Vectibix
    Viadur
    Vincristine
    Vindesine
    Vinorelbine
    Dacarbazine
    Doxorubicin
    Daunorubicin
    Dactinomycin

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Question 41 of 51

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Name four plant derived cancer therapy agents.
1. C
2. E
3. T
4. V a

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Question 42 of 51

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Vinca alkaloids are derived from Madagascar Periwinkle.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 43 of 51

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Vinca alkaloids work by binding to . This prevents formation in mitosis. The disruption of stops mitosis in . Vinca alkaloids affect all dividing cell types.

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Question 44 of 51

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Vincristine is used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 45 of 51

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The brand name for vincristine is

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Question 46 of 51

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Name two taxane drugs.
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2.

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Question 47 of 51

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Taxanes work by stabilising preventing .

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Question 48 of 51

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Camptothecins inhibits topoisomerase I

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 49 of 51

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Etoposide inhibits topoisomerase I

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 50 of 51

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Name two camptothecins.
1. t
2. i

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Question 51 of 51

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Name six anthracyclines (other than doxorubicin)
1 - a
2 - a
3 - d
4 - e
5 - i
6 - m

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