Antineoplastic agents are classified into nine major categories. Match the category with the corresponding label or characteristic of each.
a. Alkylating agents
b. Hormones
c. Biological therapies
d. Mitotic inhibitors
e. Antimetabolites
f. Antitumor antibiotics
g. Radioactive isotopes
h. Targeted cancer therapies
i. Vaccines
1. Dose-limited, used in wide variety of malignancies
2. Includes monoclonal antibodies and interferons
3. Rapidly proliferating neoplasms
4. Used to prevent allergic reactions to other agents
5. Plant alkaloid
6. Interfere with the DNA of a cancer cell
7. Less harmful to normal cells includes signal transduction inhibitors
8. May be implanted, injected or attached to MABs for targeted treatment
9. Preventive and therapeutic types; boost natural immunity against infectious agents
1. f. Antitumor antibiotics
2. c. Biological therapies
3. e. Antimetabolites
4. b. Hormones
5. d. Mitotic inhibitors
6. a. Alkylating agents
7. h. Targeted cancer therapies
8. g. Radioactive isotopes
9. i. Vaccines
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