Which are guidelines for selecting chemotherapeutic agents to use in combination therapy?
A) Drugs used should have different mechanisms.
B) Each drug should be delivered by different routes.
C) Each drug should be effective.
D) Each drug should have different dosing schedules.
E) Toxicities should be minimally overlapping.

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When selecting drugs for combination therapy, each drug should be effective by itself and should have a different mechanism of action. The drugs should have minimally overlapping toxicities. The routes and the dosing schedules are not considerations.

Which Are Guidelines for Selecting Chemotherapeutic Agents to Use in Combination