NCLEX Style Study Question
A 43 year old woman is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for uterine cancer. She asks the nurse how chemotherapeutic drugs work. The most accurate explanation would include which statement?
- They affect all rapidly dividing cells.
- Molecular structure of the DNA segment is altered.
- Chemotherapy stimulates cancer cells to divide.
- The cancer cells are sensitive to drug toxins.
June 28th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
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July 2nd, 2005 at 7:03 am
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There are numerous mechanisms of action for chemotherapeutic drugs, but most affect rapidly dividing cells. Cancer cells are characterized by rapid division. Some, but not all, chemotherapeutic drugs affect molecular structure. Chemotherapy slows, not stimulates, cell division. All cells are sensitive to drug toxins, but not all chemotheraputic drugd are toxins, there are several diffrent mechanisms of action.
July 11th, 2005 at 6:48 pm
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