Multiple Choice
A patient is about to begin chemotherapy for a small cell lung tumor.The tumor is theorized to have 1,000,000 cells.If the tumor is exposed to a drug that has an 80% cell kill rate,the first chemotherapy dose will kill 80%,or 800,000,of the targeted cancer cells.The second dose will kill another 80% of the remaining cancer cells.What is this an example of?
A) The cell cycle
B) Leukemogenicity
C) The cell kill theory
D) Growth fraction
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