The FDA has approved the drug ________ to treat rapidly growing ...

[Caiter2013]

The FDA has approved the drug ________ to treat rapidly growing tumors.
 
  a. carbachol
  b. fluoxetine
  c. dilantin
  d. lithium
  e. bevacizumab

Question 2

The toxic action of brain tumors relates to the
 
  a. observation that tumors use up oxygen and glucose, thereby starving brain cells of energy substrates.
  b. ability of tumor cells to stimulate the growth/division of adjacent nerve cells.
  c. toxic action of oversecretion of the transmitter GABA from tumor cells.
  d. ability of brain tumors to compress tissue, leading to cell death.
  e. fact that tumors arising from neuron cells grow very rapidly, thus producing tissue compression.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: e. bevacizumab

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. ability of brain tumors to compress tissue, leading to cell death.

[Caiter2013]

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