Free Chemotherapy MCQs with Answers
10 Chemotherapy MCQs from Pharmacology, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
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- A. Bleomycin
- B. Doxorubicin
- C. Captopril
- D. Prazosin
Explanation: Doxorubicin causes dose-dependent cardiomyopathy through free-radical injury and myocardial damage, making cumulative cardiac toxicity its…
Correct answer: Doxorubicin- A. Vincristine.
- B. Tamoxifen.
- C. Doxorubicin.
- D. Cyclophosphamide
Explanation: Cyclophosphamide can cause hemorrhagic cystitis through its toxic metabolite acrolein, which irritates the bladder.
Correct answer: Cyclophosphamide3. The drug Amifostine is used in subjects undergoing radiotherapy for cancer as it________________?
- A. Scavanges free radicals
- B. Enhances the production of free radicals
- C. Promotes damage of DNA
- D. Prevents repair of damaged DNA
Explanation: Amifostine is a radioprotective cytoprotective agent whose active metabolite scavenges free radicals and reduces radiation-induced tissue…
Correct answer: Scavanges free radicals- A. Anemia
- B. Neutropenia
- C. Malaria
- D. Filariasis
Explanation: Filgrastim is recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which increases neutrophil production and shortens chemotherapy-related…
Correct answer: Neutropenia- A. Cyclophosphamide
- B. Doxorubicin
- C. Methotrexate
- D. Cisplatin
Explanation: Methotrexate is cell-cycle specific because it inhibits dihydrofolate reductase during the S phase, blocking DNA synthesis.
Correct answer: Methotrexate- A. Alpha TNF receptors
- B. IL-2 receptors
- C. Tyrosin Kinase receptors
- D. Inhibits Phosphodiesterase
Explanation: Imatinib selectively inhibits tyrosine kinases, especially the BCR-ABL fusion protein in chronic myeloid leukaemia, as well as c-KIT and…
Correct answer: Tyrosin Kinase receptors- A. Myocardial infarction
- B. Epilepsy
- C. Wernicke's ecephalo pathy
- D. Erythema nodosum leprosum
Explanation: Thalidomide is used in erythema nodosum leprosum because of its immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects.
Correct answer: Erythema nodosum leprosum- A. Crohn's disease (treatment)
- B. To reduce the number of draining enterocutaneous fistula(s) in patients with fistulizing crohn's disease
- C. Rheumatoid arthritis (treatment)
- D. All of the above
Explanation: Infliximab is used for Crohn’s disease, including fistulizing disease, and for rheumatoid arthritis because it neutralizes tumour necrosis…
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Procarbazine
- B. Vincristine
- C. Mechlorethamine
- D. Methotrexate
Explanation: MOPP consists of mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone.
Correct answer: Methotrexate- A. Streptomycin
- B. INH
- C. Ethambutol
- D. Cephalosporins
Explanation: Isoniazid, or INH, is the most important first-line antitubercular drug because it is highly effective against actively multiplying…
Correct answer: INHChemotherapy MCQs: common questions
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