Notes: Y2 pharm - cancer chemotherapy
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Paraneoplastic Syndrome:
Cachexia:
Hormone Based therapy
• Protein Kinases inhibitors
• Monoclonal antibodies
• antineoplastic drugs
• cell based therapies
Goldie-Coldman hypothesis:
o the probability of a resistance cell occurring = number of cells x
mutation rate
• Combining drugs works better if:
o there is a significant therapeutic benefit compared to monotherapy
o doesn’t result in unacceptable toxicity
