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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Q22: The medical condition of cells growing out
Q23: Cancer may be caused by
A) a cell
Q24: All of the following could be effective
Q25: True or False: Chemotherapy treatments only kill
Q26: Cells that have accumulated too much chromosomal
Q28: Chemotherapy drugs interfere with
A) cell division.
B) chromosome
Q29: How could a cancerous cell evade apoptosis?
A)
Q30: What is the name of the organization
Q31: Radiation therapy for cancer works by
A) burning
Q32: What causes cancer to kill people?
A) Cancer
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