Most Anticancer Drugs Exert Severe and Potentially Toxic Side Effects

question 5

Multiple Choice

Most anticancer drugs exert severe and potentially toxic side effects because

• A) these drugs have a high therapeutic index (TI)
• B) most of these drugs are not approved by the FDA
• C) most of these drugs do not discriminate between healthy tissues and cancerous cells
• D) these drugs all have extremely long half-lives, and tend to accumulate in the body for an extended period of time
• E) the threshold dose of these drugs is typically much higher than other drugs

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