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After removal of a tumor, the patient was prescribed 5-fluorouracil for chemotherapy. What characteristic of fluorouracil enables its usage as an antitumor medicine?

Answer options

  1. It is an RNA polymerase activator
  2. It is a thymidylate synthase inhibitor
  3. It is an RNA polymerase inhibitor
  4. --
  5. It is a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor
Correct answer

It is a thymidylate synthase inhibitor

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