ONS ONCC CHEMOTHERAPY
IMMUNOTHERAPY CERTIFICATE EXAM
SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● 2 different ways that immunotherapies work against cancer:
Answer: 1. Triggering the immune system to destroy cancer cells
2. Boost immune system's ability to fight cancer
●● 2 main types of cancer vaccines
Answer: Preventative/prophylactic
Treatment/therapeutic
●● 2 types of aromatase inhibitors
Answer: 1. Steroidal (irreversible)
2. Nonsteroidal (reversible)
●● 2 types of conditioning therapies:
Answer: Myeloablative
Nonmyeloablative
,●● 2 types of therapies that commonly have cutaneous reactions:
Answer: 1. EGFR inhibitor therapies
2. Antimetabolites
●● 3 aromatase inhibitors
Answer: Anastrozole
Letrozole
Exemestane
●● 3 main goals of treatment:
Answer: Cure
Control
Palliation
●● 3 major phases of cell division:
Answer: Interphase
Mitotic phase
Cytokinesis
●● 3 steps of interphase:
Answer: First growth phase (G1)
Synthesis phase (S phase)
,Second growth phase (G2)
●● 3 subcategories of alkylating agents:
Answer: 1. Nitrogen mustards
2. Platinum-based agents (do not possess an alkyl group but still termed
alkylating agents as they work similarly)
3. Nitrosoureas
●● 4 different types of medication dosing:
Answer: 1. Fixed doses
2. Weight-based doses
3. Body surface area (BSA) doses
4. Area under the curve (AUC) doses
●● 4 phases of mitosis:
Answer: Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
●● 6 main types of immunotherapy
Answer: 1. Monoclonal antibodies
, 2. Immune checkpoint inhibitors
3. Cancer vaccines
4. Nonspecific immunotherapies
5. Adoptive cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy)
6. Oncolytic virus therapy
●● Active immunotherapy MOA
Answer: Mount an immune response against tumor
*Should remember cancer cells long after treatment has stopped
●● Acute diarrhea lasts:
Answer: 1-2 days and resolves on its own
●● Adaptive immunity:
Answer: Follows innate immunity if unsuccessful. Memory immunity,
including:
1. Humoral immunity (production of antibodies or immunoglobulins)
2. Cell mediated immunity (dependent upon T cells)
3. Regulatory T -cells (prevent autoimmune reactions and limit
inflammatory responses)
●● Adoptive cell therapy MOA
Answer: T cells collected from patient
IMMUNOTHERAPY CERTIFICATE EXAM
SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
●● 2 different ways that immunotherapies work against cancer:
Answer: 1. Triggering the immune system to destroy cancer cells
2. Boost immune system's ability to fight cancer
●● 2 main types of cancer vaccines
Answer: Preventative/prophylactic
Treatment/therapeutic
●● 2 types of aromatase inhibitors
Answer: 1. Steroidal (irreversible)
2. Nonsteroidal (reversible)
●● 2 types of conditioning therapies:
Answer: Myeloablative
Nonmyeloablative
,●● 2 types of therapies that commonly have cutaneous reactions:
Answer: 1. EGFR inhibitor therapies
2. Antimetabolites
●● 3 aromatase inhibitors
Answer: Anastrozole
Letrozole
Exemestane
●● 3 main goals of treatment:
Answer: Cure
Control
Palliation
●● 3 major phases of cell division:
Answer: Interphase
Mitotic phase
Cytokinesis
●● 3 steps of interphase:
Answer: First growth phase (G1)
Synthesis phase (S phase)
,Second growth phase (G2)
●● 3 subcategories of alkylating agents:
Answer: 1. Nitrogen mustards
2. Platinum-based agents (do not possess an alkyl group but still termed
alkylating agents as they work similarly)
3. Nitrosoureas
●● 4 different types of medication dosing:
Answer: 1. Fixed doses
2. Weight-based doses
3. Body surface area (BSA) doses
4. Area under the curve (AUC) doses
●● 4 phases of mitosis:
Answer: Prophase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
●● 6 main types of immunotherapy
Answer: 1. Monoclonal antibodies
, 2. Immune checkpoint inhibitors
3. Cancer vaccines
4. Nonspecific immunotherapies
5. Adoptive cell therapy (CAR T-cell therapy)
6. Oncolytic virus therapy
●● Active immunotherapy MOA
Answer: Mount an immune response against tumor
*Should remember cancer cells long after treatment has stopped
●● Acute diarrhea lasts:
Answer: 1-2 days and resolves on its own
●● Adaptive immunity:
Answer: Follows innate immunity if unsuccessful. Memory immunity,
including:
1. Humoral immunity (production of antibodies or immunoglobulins)
2. Cell mediated immunity (dependent upon T cells)
3. Regulatory T -cells (prevent autoimmune reactions and limit
inflammatory responses)
●● Adoptive cell therapy MOA
Answer: T cells collected from patient
