R.G., a 56 year-old male, is receiving chemotherapy treatment with a combination of cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisone. A fourth drug, allopurinol, is now added to R.G.'s regimen. The most likely explanation for the addition of the allopurinol:
A. To inhibit the efflux of the therapeutic drugs from the cancerous cells
B. To provide a source of tetrahydrofolate
C. To stimulate red blood cell production
D. To inhibit uric acid production
E. To inhibit topoisomerase activity
Ans: D. To inhibit uric acid production
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