Question

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A patient newly diagnosed with chronic myelocytic leukemia () has been prescribed treatment with
imatinib. The patient asks the nurse how imatinib works. What would be the nurse's best response?

Answer 1

imatinib is a type of chemo. chemo works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells which grow and divide quickly, but chemo can also destroy healthy cells that grow fast as well like red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets.. etc.