Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy · NCLEX Exam

One major difference between targeted therapy and traditional chemotherapy is:

  1. Targeted therapy affects healthy and cancer cells to an equal degree
  2. Chemotherapy generally produces fewer side-effects than targeted therapy
  3. Targeted therapy acts on specific molecular abnormalities in cancer cells
  4. Chemotherapy is largely free of acquired drug resistance
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Correct answer: Targeted therapy acts on specific molecular abnormalities in cancer cells

Targeted therapy is designed to affect specific molecular abnormalities associated with the cancer, whereas chemotherapy is less selective.

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