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Question 11#

Anticancer chemotherapy agents include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. Alkylating agents
B. Antitumor antibiotics
C. Prometabolites
D. Plant alkaloids

Correct Answer is C

Comment:

Anticancer agents include alkylating agents, antitumor antibiotics, antimetabolites, and plant alkaloids. Antimetabolites are cell-cycle specific agents that have their major activity in the S phase of the cell cycle. These drugs are most effective in tumors that have a high growth fraction, and include folate antagonists, purine antagonists, and pyrimidine antagonists.