A Patient Is About to Begin Chemotherapy for a Small

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient is about to begin chemotherapy for a small cell lung tumor.The tumor is theorized to have 1,000,000 cells.If the tumor is exposed to a drug that has an 80% cell kill rate,the first chemotherapy dose will kill 80%,or 800,000,of the targeted cancer cells.The second dose will kill another 80% of the remaining cancer cells.What is this an example of?

• A)The cell cycle
• B)Leukemogenicity
• C)The cell kill theory
• D)Growth fraction

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