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Antineoplastic

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What is antineoplastic mean?   Against new tissue growth like cancers  
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Why do cancer cells grow uncontrollably?   1. they do not have growth control mechanisms 2. Do not have positive physiologic fx  
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What is a cancerous primary legion?   Original site of growth  
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What is metastasis?   Uncontrolled cell growth, secondary lesion in new, remote part of body  
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What is neoplasm?   Mass of new cells, tumor  
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What two types of tumors?   benign, malignant  
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What are three types of cancer?   1.Carcinomas- arise from epithelial cells "epi car" 2.Sarcomas- from connective tissue ex: 3.Kaposi's sarcoma-Lymphomas/Leukemias- circulating tumors or hematologic malignancies  
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What are paraneoplastic syndromes?   Alongside with cancer cachexia- most common, fatigue, fever, wt loss  
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Chemotherapy is subdivided in two groups   1.cell cycle-nonspecific (CCNS) 2.cell cycle-specific (CCS)  
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How do CCS-cell cycle specific drugs work on cancer?   Cytotoxic- hurt cell at certain phase  
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What is important to know about chemotherapy?   Narrow therapeutic window combo better drug resistance adverse effect dose limiting adverse effects  
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Which non cancerous cells do chemotherapy effect the most?   Rapid growing like hair follicles, GI tract, bone marrow  
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Name 5 types of cancer tumors that cell cycle specific drugs attack   antimetabolites mitotic inhibitors alkaloid topoisomerase 2 inhibitors Topoisomerase I inhibitor Antineoplastic enzymes  
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How do antimetabolites work   1.falsely substituting for purines, pyrimidines, or folic aci 2.inhibiting critical enzymes involved in the synthesis or function of these compounds  
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what is example of antimetabolite   1.Folate Antagonists(DNA only) 2.Purine Antagonists 3.Pyrimidine Antagonists All effect DNA and RNA  
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Antimetabolite Adverse Effects   Tumor Lysis Syndrome-includes hyperphosphatemia, hyperlalemia, hypoclcemia, hyperuricemia  
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Antineoplastic Toxicity   Neurologic, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Hepatobiliary, GI, Genitourinary, Dermatologic, Ocular, Otic, Metabolic  
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What do Mitotic Inhibitors Do?   Work before/during Mitosis, CCS  
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What natural plants are mitotic inhibitors derived from?   Periwinkle, Yew, Mayapple(Mandrake)  
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Mitotic Inhibitor & Etoposide Extravasation Antidote   Hyaluronidase  
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Antimetabolites drugs   Folate -methotrexate Purine - Cladribine, Fludarabine Pyrimidine-Capecitabine, Fluorouracil, Gemcitabine, Cytarabine  
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Mitotic Inhibitor Drugs   Etoposide, Paclitaxel, Vincristine  
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What do Topisomerace 2 inhibitor do?   CCS, hurt DNA S phase  
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Topisomerace 2 inhibitor Adverce Effects   Bone Marrow Suppression Irinotecan -odd effect -Cholinergic Diarrhea (delayed, 2-10 days later)  
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Topisomerace 2 inhibitor Drugs   Irinotecan, Topotecan  
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