A nursing student asks a nurse why chemotherapeutic agents are given intermittently instead of continuously. The nurse will tell the student that intermittent dosing:
A) allows normal cells to recover and repopulate.
B) catches malignant cells in latent phases.
C) increases cancer cell kill and speeds up treatment.
D) suppresses drug resistance in tumor cells.

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Intermittent chemotherapy allows normal cells to repopulate between rounds of therapy. Cells in latent phases do not generally respond to chemotherapy. Intermittent therapy does not speed up treatment or increase tumor cell kill. Intermittent therapy does not suppress drug resistance in tumor cells.

A Nursing Student Asks a Nurse Why Chemotherapeutic Agents Are