A health care provider overhears that a leucovorin rescue is planned for a patient receiving antineoplastic therapy in the treatment of cancer. Review the following antineoplastic drugs, and select the one which this patient must be receiving
a. Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
b. Thioguanine (Lanvis)
c. Methotrexate (Folex PFS)
d. Cladribine (Leustatin)
ANS: C
A leucovorin rescue is used with methotrexate to save normal cells from being affected by this drug, which is a folic acid analogue type of antimetabolite.
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