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about anti-cancer drugs

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CINIII
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05/14/07 - 07:45 AM

can anyone plz tell me what all anti-cancer regimens do we need to memorize.
i understand that we need to know the side effects of most of the anti-cancer drugs.
thanks

Justice
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05/14/07 - 09:15 AM

CINIII wrote:
can anyone plz tell me what all anti-cancer regimens do we need to memorize.
i understand that we need to know the side effects of most of the anti-cancer drugs.
thanks

My guess is that we have to know different protocols for treatment of leukemias/lymphomas, and when to use Gleevec.

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CINIII
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05/14/07 - 10:03 AM

thanks justice.
i keep seeing qts asking the choice of various anticancer drugs.some r in Dr. Con. Fischer's qbook itself.
besides anti cancer drugs choice,there r qts about choice of drugs for SLE-with various stages of renal involvement.
i think i'll just skip.there r lots of reasonable areas i can spend my energy on.

Justice
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05/14/07 - 10:11 AM

CINIII wrote:
thanks justice.
i keep seeing qts asking the choice of various anticancer drugs.some r in Dr. Con. Fischer's qbook itself.
besides anti cancer drugs choice,there r qts about choice of drugs for SLE-with various stages of renal involvement.
i think i'll just skip.there r lots of reasonable areas i can spend my energy on.

These are not the Qs for CK exam...

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