All of the following statements concerning anti-neoplastic therapy are correct EXCEPT:
A. A round of treatment kills a constant percentage of cancer cells, not a constant number of cancer cells
B. TAXOL is a cell cycle specific drug
C. The multidrug resistance gene (MDR-1) allows a cell to cause increased efflux of drugs out of
the cell
D. Trastuzumab (Herceptin) is an antibody
E. Adjuvant therapy refers to the use of anti-neoplastic drugs before surgical removal of a tumor
Ans: E. Adjuvant therapy refers to the use of anti-neoplastic drugs before surgical removal of a tumor
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