What is the scientific name for cancer?
What is the word used for a cancerous growth?
Carcinomas derive from
What type of tumour derives from connective tissue?
What type of tumour derives from thin layers of tissue surrounding internal organs?
What type of tumour derives from glial cells in the brain?
derive from germ cells (which are non- cells)
What does leukemia derive from?
The proportion of tumour cells dividing and cycling is known as the
Name three folic acid antagonists. 1 - 2 - 3 -
Name four pyrimidine analogues. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -
Name five purine analogues. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 -
Methotrexate works by attacking/inhibiting reductase. This prevents being converted into .
Fluorouracil mimics which nitrogenous base?
cytosine
guanine
thiamine
adenine
Name two main nitrogen mustard based alkylating agents. 1 - 2 -
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 .
Cisplatin and carboplatin are examples of which anticancer type drugs?
Name two platinating agents. 1 - 2 -
Which main element do platinating agents contain?
In conditions, the group of platinating agents is replaced with . The nitrogen on the base can displace water and binds tightly to the drug.
The bond formed by platinating agents and DNA bases is stronger than the covalent bonds formed between alkylating agents and DNA bases.
Antitumor antibiotics and derived from species.
Name six main groups/drugs of antibiotics used in cancer chemotherapy (in alphabetical order). 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
The main anticancer anthracycline antibiotic is .
Anthracyclines are used mainly in lung, breast cancer, and leukaemia.
Which enzyme does doxorubicin inhibit?
What is the main adverse effect of anthracyclines?
Dactinomycin is used mainly for breast, stomach, lung, pancreas, bladder, and anal cancers.
Dactinomycin works mainly by with DNA at the complex, which prevents action.
Bleomycin is used mainly for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Bleomycin works by with ions (mainly ), which produces that DNA. Oxygen is required for this to occur.
Dactinomycin causes pulmonary fibrosis and dermatological toxicity.
Mitomycin C is a . It is enzymatically activated to produce an metabolite.
Procarbazine is used mainly in the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Procarbazine is a which breaks down to in the body. This reaction produces which causes damage to . It interferes with DNA and RNA .
Hydroxycarbamide interacts with many drugs because it inhibits monoamine oxidase.
is used for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia.
Hydroxycarbamide works by inhibiting . This enzyme is responsible for catalysing DNA from RNA strands.
What is the main side effect of hydroxycarbamide?
ABVD is the name of one the chemotherapy treatments used to treat ❌. It is made up of the drugs A = ❌ B = ❌ C = ❌ D = ❌
Name four plant derived cancer therapy agents. 1. C 2. E 3. T 4. V a
Vinca alkaloids are derived from Madagascar Periwinkle.
Vinca alkaloids work by binding to . This prevents formation in mitosis. The disruption of stops mitosis in . Vinca alkaloids affect all dividing cell types.
Vincristine is used in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
The brand name for vincristine is
Name two taxane drugs. 1. 2.
Taxanes work by stabilising preventing .
Camptothecins inhibits topoisomerase I
Etoposide inhibits topoisomerase I
Name two camptothecins. 1. t 2. i
Name six anthracyclines (other than doxorubicin) 1 - a 2 - a 3 - d 4 - e 5 - i 6 - m