Brody’s Human Pharmacology 6th Edition Wecker Test
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CCS drugs (cell-cycle specific) - ANSWERAnticancer drugs that are:
--> Phase-specific
--> Higher selective toxicity.
--> More likely to be in-cycle
--> Attack only cells that are actively growing and dividing
CCNS drugs (cell-cycle non-specific) - ANSWER--> Anticancer drugs that can
sterilize tumor cells regardless of whether they are cycling or resting in G0 Phase
--> Less-selective toxicity and cause damage to healthy cells.
--> More damage to healthy cells
N for non-proliferating, normal cells,
_____ drugs are used for recruitment and induce non-proliferating clonogenic
fraction to enter into cell cycle - ANSWERCCNS --> Causes increased vulnerability
to CCS agents afterwards since cells are actively dividing.
Adverse effects of CCS drugs - ANSWERThe most rapidly proliferating normal cells
are likely to suffer toxicity along with the tumor cells, but the damage is mostly
reversible
--> Bone marrow resumes production
--> Hair regrows,
--> gut and oral mucosa recover.
I <3 rubics cubes - ANSWERSide effects: Cardiotoxicity
Dexrazoxane: Limits toxicity
Vincristine
Crest = the periphery - ANSWERSide effects: Peripheral neuropathy
Bleomycin - ANSWERPulmonary fibrosis
, Surgical debulking - ANSWERA form of selective toxicity, that allows for large portion
of tumor cells to re-enter cell cycle and proliferate, thus causing death.
Clenogenic fraction (non-growing or non-dividing) are unaffected.
Radiation and cell-cycle non-specific cytotoxic drugs are more broad and cause
MORE COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
Oncolytic viral therapy - ANSWEROne that preferentially infects and kills cancer
cells.
Selectively infects lyses only in primary and metastatic cells of that type (eg multiple
myeloma)
Multimodal therapy - ANSWERChemotherapy, radiation, surgery
CCS are more selectively toxic, but they cannot kill clonogenic fraction cells like
CCNS agents.
CCNS agents are used for recruitment (to induce non-proliferating clonogenic
fraction to cycle)
CCS+CCNS deplete growth fraction as recruited
Clonogenic fraction - ANSWERG0 cells (undividing). Targeted by CCNS drugs
Cytotoxic kinetics - ANSWERCancer cells grow exponentially and cancer chemo
uses highest tolerated dose REGARDLESS OF TUMOR SIZE.
Rate killed is logarithmic (first-order kinetics) therefore 3-log dose will decrease
cancer cell population by 3 orders.
The intensity required to reduce a large tumor and a small tumor to half their size is...
- ANSWERTHE SAME
Curative - ANSWERTries to cure cancer. Toxicity is acceptable
Palliative - ANSWERTries to reduce tumor burden to improve disease-related
suffering. Toxicity is unacceptable.
Induction (neoadjuvant) phase - ANSWERINITITAL REGIMEN. STEP 1!!!
Decrease tumor burden by recruiting clonogenic cells into growth fraction. Occurs
prior to tx with other modalities
Intensification phase - ANSWERSTEP 2!!!
Achieve remission by adding more drugs to regimen, increasing dosage, increasing
duration.
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