Back to 4.1: Chemotherapy
These chemotherapy regimens are clues pointing towards actual chemo regimens, which are documented very well in eviQ. Once we work out which chemo regimen it is, we use the "Cycle" number to pick out the drug from the list, and the "Day" number to index into that drug to extract a letter.
For example, in the first clue, "TEN" clues for the regimen 7+3, composed of the drug cytarabine and daunorubicin (or another anthracycline). The "C1" tells us to take the former of these two, and the "D3" tells us to take the third letter, which is T. Continuing as follows:
| Clue | Chemotherapy regimen | Constituent agents | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEN (C1D3) | 7+3 | CYTARABINE / daunorubicin | T |
| GRAIN (C1D4) | RICE | RITUXIMAB / ifosfamide / carboplatin / etoposide | U |
| GRIN (C2D1) | SMILE | dexamethasone / METHOTREXATE / ifosfamide / peg-asparagase / etoposide | M |
| KARATE-MOVE (C4D10) | CHOP | cyclophosphamide / doxorubicin / vincristine / PREDNISOLONE | O |
| PENNANT (C1D3) | FLAG | FLUDARABINE / cytarabine / filgrastim | U |
| PORT (C2D5) | CVAD | cyclophosphamide / VINCRISTINE / doxorubicin / dexamethasone | R |
| POLICE-AD? (C4D4) | BEACOPP | bleomycin / etoposide / doxorubicin / CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE | L |
| STEP (C3D2) | PACE | cisplatin / doxorubicin / CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE / etoposide | Y |
| A-LISTER (C2D4) | VIP | etoposide / IFOSFAMIDE / cisplatin | S |
| CONTROL-BULL? (C2D5) | CAPOX | capecitabline / OXALIPLATIN | I |
| TIME-PERIOD (C2D7) | EPOCH | etoposide / PREDNISOLONE / vincristine / cyclophosphamide / doxorubicin | S |
This yields TUMOUR LYSIS as the answer, which is dangerous side-effect of chemotherapy!
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| Frequency | Guess |
|---|---|
| 20 | TUMOURLYSIS |
| 3 | TUMORLYSIS |
| 2 | CHEMOTHERAPY |
| 2 | CYTOTOXICITY |
| 2 | NEUTROPENIA |
| 2 | TUMOURBASIS |
| 2 | TUMOURTYPES |
| 1 | AGGREGATORS |
| 1 | ALUMINIUM |
| 1 | ALUMINIUMS |
| 1 | ANTITUMORAL |
| 1 | BIODECODING |
| 1 | CAMOUFLAGE |
| 1 | CARBOPLATIN |
| 1 | CARDIOTOXIC |
| 1 | CHEMIOSMOSIS |
| 1 | CONVECTION |
| 1 | CONVENTION |
| 1 | CORTICOSTEROID |
| 1 | CORTICOSTEROIDS |
| 1 | CUMULATIVE |
| 1 | CUMULATIVEDOSE |
| 1 | CUMULATIVELY |
| 1 | CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE |
| 1 | CYTARABINES |
| 1 | DIGMENPTBNF |
| 1 | DIGNITYBASE |
| 1 | DOXORUBICIN |
| 1 | ESCALATE |
| 1 | FILGRASTIM |
| 1 | INCLUSION |
| 1 | LUMINARIES |
| 1 | METASTASES |
| 1 | METASTASICDISEASE |
| 1 | METASTASIS |
| 1 | METASTATIC |
| 1 | METASTATICDISEASE |
| 1 | NUCLEOPLASM |
| 1 | OXALIPLATIN |
| 1 | PAULEHRLICH |
| 1 | PREDNISLONE |
| 1 | PREDNISOLONE |
| 1 | PREDNISONE |
| 1 | PROTOCOL |
| 1 | REMISSION |
| 1 | SUNDAY |
| 1 | TUMOURAISLE |
| 1 | TUMOURAREAS |
| 1 | TUMOURBLAST |
| 1 | TUMOURCHEMO |
| 1 | TUMOURCURE |
| 1 | TUMOURCURES |
| 1 | TUMOURHASTE |
| 1 | TUMOURHEALS |
| 1 | TUMOURHOUSE |
| 1 | TUMOURISSUE |
| 1 | TUMOURLESS |
| 1 | TUMOURLISLE |
| 1 | TUMOURLISLI |
| 1 | TUMOURNAMES |
| 1 | TUMOUROASIS |
| 1 | TUMOURPASTE |
| 1 | TUMOURSUSHI |
| 1 | TUMOURWASTE |
| 1 | URGENTBIOCARD |
| 1 | VINBLASTINE |
| 1 | VINCRISTINE |