An antineoplastic drug is cell cycle-specific. Which of the following statements is applicable to this drug?
a. It affects the resting phase of the cell's life cycle only.
b. It affects every phase of the cell's life cycle.
c. It affects the mitotic phase only.
d. It affects one single phase of the cell's life cycle.
ANS: D
Antineoplastic drugs that are characterized as cell cycle-specific act on cells that are undergoing specific phases of cell reproduction.
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