Brand/Generic/MOA
This is the brand name of capecitabine
What is Xeloda?
Irinotecan can cause this notable side effect
What is diarrhea?
This medication is given with ifosfamide to prevent an inflammatory condition of the urinary bladder lining characterized by diffuse bleeding in the urine
What is mesna?
GCSF should be given no sooner than this amount of time after chemotherapy
What are 24 hours?
This chemotherapy agent can cause blue discoloration of bodily fluids
What is mitoxantrone?
This is the generic name of Neupogen
What is pegfilgrastim?
This is an adverse effect of fluorouracil and capecitabine that manifests as painful erythema, swelling, numbness, and skin peeling on the extremities
What is hand-foot syndrome (palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia?
This medication is used to prevent and treat diarrhea that occurs during or immediately after irinotecan infusions
This agent may be added to an antiemetic regimen for anticipatory nausea and/or vomiting
Severe neutropenia is defined as this
What is ANC <500 cells/mm3?
This is the brand name of aprepitant
What is Emend?
This adverse effect of oxaliplatin may be exacerbated by cold exposure
What is neuropathy?
This medication is used to prevent cardiotoxicity in select patients receiving doxorubicin
What is dexrazoxane?
This GCSF is given once daily until neutrophil recovery
What is filgrastim?
This formula is used to calculate dosing for carboplatin
What is the Calvert Formula?
This class of chemotherapy inhibits the depolymerization of tubulin during the M phase of the cell cycle
What are taxanes?
This vinca alkaloid does not commonly cause myelosuppression
What is vincristine?
This medication reduces cumulative nephrotoxicity with repeated administration of cisplatin
What is amifostine (Ethyol)?
Empiric antimicrobial treatment for febrile neutropenia should include coverage for this pathogen
What is Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Vinca alkaloids have black box warnings to be administered via this route only
What is the intravenous route?
This class of chemotherapy blocks the coiling and uncoiling of double-stranded DNA helix during the S phase of the cell cycle
What are topoisomerase I inhibitors?
A baseline audiogram should be completed prior to starting this chemotherapy agent
This medication decreases methotrexate toxicity by competing with methotrexate for transport into tissues and replenishing the supply of folate metabolites displaced by methotrexate
What is leucovorin?
This is the preferred antiemetic regimen (day 1) for high emetogenic chemotherapy regimens
What is NK1-RA + 5-HT3-RA + olanzapine + dexamethasone?
Most agents in this drug class should be compounded in non-PVC bag and tubing, and administered through a 0.22 micron filter
What are taxanes? (Exceptions: non-PVC not required for albumin-bound paclitaxel)