The nurse is explaining the mechanisms of action for alkylating agents and states that alkylating agents kill cancer cells by:
Select all that apply.
A) altering the shape of the DNA double helix.
B) preventing the DNA from duplicating during cell division.
C) becoming incorporated into the DNA of cancer cells.
D) interfering with DNA replication and function.
E) an unknown mechanism of action.
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