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APHON Principles of Chemo and Biotherapy, Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Verified. Biotherapy Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are what class Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) are what class Define pharmacokinetics Define pharmacodynamics Define adjuvant chemotherapy Define neoadjuva...

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1). Biotherapy

 Ans: Targeted anticancer agents also known as biological response modifiers (BRM)


2). Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tkis) are what class

 Ans: Biotherapy


3). Monoclonal antibodies (moabs) are what class

 Ans: Biotherapy


4). Define pharmacokinetics

 Ans: Study of drug absorption, metabolism, and excretion


5). Define pharmacodynamics

 Ans: The concentration of the drug in the body and how it produces a response


6). Define adjuvant chemotherapy

 Ans: The use of chemo after another type of therapy, such as surgery, to treat residual
disease or undetectable metastasis.


7). Define neoadjuvant chemotherapy

 Ans: When chemo is used preoperatively to decrease tumor burden in order to make it
easier to remove the tumor surgically.




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, 8). Define sanctuary sites

 Ans: Sites within the body where tumor cells sequester and are not easily reached by
chemo such as the CNS


9). What normal cells are most often effected by chemotherapy

 Ans: Hematopoietic, mucosal (mouth & GI), hair follicles


10). Why use chemotherapy

 Ans: To prevent cancer cells from dividing, metastasizing, and ultimately causing the
death of the patient


11). Cure

 Ans: To permanently eradicate the cancer


12). Control

 Ans: To extend the length & QOL when cure is not feasible or realistic


13). Palliation

 Ans: Minimize pain and suffering during end of life


14). Resting phase of cell cycle

 Ans: Gap 0 - cells not dividing


15). Postmitotic phase

 Ans: Gap 1 - enzymes needed for DNA synthesis are produced, protein and RNA
synthesis takes place (18 Hours)


16). Synthesis (s) phase

 Ans: Cellular DNA duplicated (20 hours)


17). Premitotic phase



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