Monoclonal Antibodies Are Useful in Treating Cancer When Radioactive Materials

question 15

Multiple Choice

Monoclonal antibodies are useful in treating cancer when radioactive materials or tumor-killing drugs are attached to them. How is it that these cancer-killing methods are delivered only to the tumor and not to other, healthy cells?

• A) Antibodies will specifically bind to the antigen target for which they are designed, here a cancer cell.
• B) Antibodies will attach to any cancer cell found, even if there are several different types present.
• C) Antibodies will stimulate the actions of T helper cells to fight the cancer.
• D) Antibodies will stimulate the actions of cytotoxic T cells to fight the cancer.

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