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week 1
Medchem V
12
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Not Applicable
01/22/2013

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Term
Definition of Chemotherapy
Definition
Use of chemical agents to control disease
Term
Proto-oncogene
Definition
growth gene
Term
Metastasis
Definition
Spread of tumor
Term
Causes of cancer
Definition
  • Genetics
  • chemical/environmental exposure
  • Infectious agent
Term
Cancer cell characteristics
Definition
  • Self maintained replication
  • Longer survival
  • Genetic instability
  • Capable of inducing neoangiogenesis
  • invasion & metastasis
Term
Overall survival
Definition

time to death of any cause

gold standard*

Term
Time to progression
Definition
Time to first documentation of progression - deaths before progression
Term
Progression free survival
Definition
time to first documentation of first progression
Term
Objective response rate
Definition

Subjects with complete response

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Subjects with partial response

Term
Obstacles to chemotherapy
Definition
  • Normal fast growing cells
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Metastasis
  • Tumor resistance
Term
Cell cycle specific drugs
(General)
Definition
  • Cell ins specific phase
  • prolonged & repeated dose
Term
Cell cycle non-specific drugs
(General)
Definition
  • Best for rapidly dividing cells
  • also for G0 (resting) 
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