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NAME OF AN ALKYLATING AGENT (CELL CYCLE NON-SPECIFIC) |
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CYTOXAN (CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE) |
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| N/V,DIARRHEA,BMD,ALOPECIA,HEMORRAGHIC CYSTITIS,RENAL TOXICITY, INFERTILITY |
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| NAME OF CYTOPROTECTANT DRUG |
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MESNEX (MESNA) IT DETOXIFIES CHEMO IN BLADDER AND KIDNEYS AND PREVENTS HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS GIVE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE CHEMO |
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EXAMPLE OF ANTIMETABOLITE (MOST ARE CELL CYCLE SPECIFIC) |
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| SIDE EFFECT OF METHOTREXATE |
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N/V DIARRHEA, STOMATITIS, BMD,CIRRHOSIS |
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| CYTOPROTECTANT DRUG FOR METHOTREXATE |
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LEUCOVORIN (WELLCORVIN) REVERSAL OF TOXIC EFFECTS-BMD AND GI TOXICITY GIVE W/IN 24 HR OF CHEMO |
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| OTHER ANTIMETABOLITE DRUGS |
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NAME OF VINCA ALKALOID DRUG (CELL CYCLE SPECIFIC) |
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VINCRISTINE (ONCOVIN) FROM THE PERIWINKLE PLANT |
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| SIDE EFFECTS OF VINCRISTINE |
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| MILD BMD,PARALYTIC ILEUS,NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN FINGERS AND TOES(PERIPHEAL NEURITIS),ALOPECIA |
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NAME OF ANTITUMOR DRUG (CELL CYCLE NON-SPECIFIC) |
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ADRIAMYCIN(DOXORUBICIN) RED IN COLOR |
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| SIDE EFFECT OF ANTITUMOR ANTIBIOTICS |
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| NAUSEA,RED URINE, BMD,CARDIOTOXICITY(CHF,IRREG HEART RHYTHM),ALOPECIA,STOMATITIS,PULMONARY TOXICITY |
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| ACTINOMYCIN,BLEOMYCIN,MITOMYCIN |
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| WHAT DO HORMONES DO TO CANCER CELLS |
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INHIBIT GROWTH IN HORMONE-DEPENDENT TISSUES ALTER ENVIRONMENT, DO NOT KILL CELLS |
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| DECADRON,SOLUMEDROL,SOLUCORTEF,PREDNISONE |
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PROGESTERONE(MEGACE,PROVERA) ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS(LUPRON,TAMOXIFEN) |
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S/S IN CHILDREN (CARDINAL) |
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| MASS, WEIGHT LOSS, AM VOMITING,AWAKES W/ HEADACHE,PURPURA,SQUINT OR CHANGE IN THE EYE, RECURRENT OR PERSISTENT FEVER,PALLOR |
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| BONE PAIN,FATIGUE,HA,MALAISE,PERSISTANT SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES,CHANGE IN BALANCE, GAIT, OR PERSONALITY |
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EPOETIN ALFA (EPOGEN,PROCRIT) GIVE IV OR SUB Q |
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| WHAT DOES EPOGEN,PROCRIT DO? |
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STIMULATE BONE MARROW PROD OF RBC'S TREATS ANEMIA |
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WHAT IS NEUPOGEN? (GIVEN IV OR SUB Q) |
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COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR USED TO PREVENT OR TREAT LOW WBC COUNT STIMULATE WBC PRODUCTION BY BONE MARROW |
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WHAT DO INTERFERONS DO? (GIVEN IM OR SUB Q) |
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INTERFERE W/REPRODUCTION AND CELL GROWTH IMMUNE RESPONSE IS MODIFIED ACTIVATE NATURAL KILLER CELLS (USED AFTER REMISSION TO KEEP PT IN REMISSION) |
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| SIDE EFFECTS OF INTERFERONS |
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| FLU LIKE SYNDROME, BMD, ANOREXIA,N/V,DIARHHEA |
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| ACTIVATE KILLER CELLS,HELP LYMPHOCYTES GROW |
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| WHAT DO MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES DO? |
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COMBINE WITH GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTORS ON MALIGNANT CELL SURFACES TO INHIBIT TUMOR GROWTH ALSO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHEMO |
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| NAME OF A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES |
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