Why Would a Drug That Specifically Kills Rapidly Dividing Cells

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why would a drug that specifically kills rapidly dividing cells make a good chemotherapeutic agent?

• A) The drug would only target cancer cells.
• B) The drug would not affect normal cells.
• C) Cancer cells divide more rapidly than most normal cells.
• D) Unlike radiation therapy,the drug would target a specific population of cells.
• E) Cancer cells are the only cells dividing in a mature human.

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