Anticancer Drugs — Flashcards

Antineoplastic agents extracted from the Periwinkle plant is: _____ also called Catharanthus roseus

Aldesleukin is a recombinant form of _____ used to treat renal cell carcinoma and metastatic melanoma

Breast cancer that is ER+ and PR+ is most likely to respond to anti-_____ agents such as tamoxifen

Vitamin _____ may be used to treat measles and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML)

Palbociclib is used to treat Breast Cancer that is ER _____ and HER2 -

Leflunomide is an antimetabolite that reversibly inhibits _____ preventing pyrimidine synthesis

Cetuximab is a monoclonal antibody against the _____ Receptor most commonly used to treat Stage IV colorectal cancer

_____ is a drug of choice for mesothelioma.

Hint: Antifolate drug

_____ is a monoclonal antibody against PDGFR- and blocks ligand-mediated receptor activation

Sirolimus works by binding _____, which inhibits the mTOR signalling complex involved in cell growth