APHON CHEMO COURSE PRACTICE
SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are what class Answer: Biotherapy
⫸ Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) are what class Answer: Biotherapy
⫸ Define pharmacokinetics Answer: Study of drug absorption,
metabolism, and excretion
⫸ Define pharmacodynamics Answer: The concentration of the drug in
the body and how it produces a response
⫸ Define adjuvant chemotherapy Answer: The use of chemo after
another type of therapy, such as surgery, to treat residual disease or
undetectable metastasis.
⫸ Define neoadjuvant chemotherapy Answer: When chemo is used
preoperatively to decrease tumor burden in order to make it easier to
remove the tumor surgically.
⫸ Define sanctuary sites Answer: Sites within the body where tumor
cells sequester and are not easily reached by chemo such as the CNS
⫸ What normal cells are most often effected by chemotherapy Answer:
Hematopoietic, mucosal (mouth & GI), hair follicles
, ⫸ Why use chemotherapy Answer: To prevent cancer cells from
dividing, metastasizing, and ultimately causing the death of the patient
⫸ Cure Answer: To permanently eradicate the cancer
⫸ Control Answer: To extend the length & QOL when cure is not
feasible or realistic
⫸ Palliation Answer: Minimize pain and suffering during end of life
⫸ Resting phase of cell cycle Answer: Gap 0 - cells not dividing
⫸ Postmitotic phase Answer: Gap 1 - enzymes needed for DNA
synthesis are produced, protein and RNA synthesis takes place (18
Hours)
⫸ Synthesis (S) Phase Answer: Cellular DNA duplicated (20 hours)
⫸ Premitotic phase Answer: Gap 2 - both protein and RNA synthesis
occur, precursors of mitotic spindle are produced. Shortest phase
⫸ Mitosis (M) Phase Answer: Cell division occurs in 4-step phase
(prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) 1 Hour
SCRIPT UPDATED 2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are what class Answer: Biotherapy
⫸ Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) are what class Answer: Biotherapy
⫸ Define pharmacokinetics Answer: Study of drug absorption,
metabolism, and excretion
⫸ Define pharmacodynamics Answer: The concentration of the drug in
the body and how it produces a response
⫸ Define adjuvant chemotherapy Answer: The use of chemo after
another type of therapy, such as surgery, to treat residual disease or
undetectable metastasis.
⫸ Define neoadjuvant chemotherapy Answer: When chemo is used
preoperatively to decrease tumor burden in order to make it easier to
remove the tumor surgically.
⫸ Define sanctuary sites Answer: Sites within the body where tumor
cells sequester and are not easily reached by chemo such as the CNS
⫸ What normal cells are most often effected by chemotherapy Answer:
Hematopoietic, mucosal (mouth & GI), hair follicles
, ⫸ Why use chemotherapy Answer: To prevent cancer cells from
dividing, metastasizing, and ultimately causing the death of the patient
⫸ Cure Answer: To permanently eradicate the cancer
⫸ Control Answer: To extend the length & QOL when cure is not
feasible or realistic
⫸ Palliation Answer: Minimize pain and suffering during end of life
⫸ Resting phase of cell cycle Answer: Gap 0 - cells not dividing
⫸ Postmitotic phase Answer: Gap 1 - enzymes needed for DNA
synthesis are produced, protein and RNA synthesis takes place (18
Hours)
⫸ Synthesis (S) Phase Answer: Cellular DNA duplicated (20 hours)
⫸ Premitotic phase Answer: Gap 2 - both protein and RNA synthesis
occur, precursors of mitotic spindle are produced. Shortest phase
⫸ Mitosis (M) Phase Answer: Cell division occurs in 4-step phase
(prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase) 1 Hour
