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Which of the following drugs is used in leukaemia patients as an immunosuppressant?

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Cyclophosphamide

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Tetracycline

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Beta blockers

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None of the above

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The correct option is A Cyclophosphamide
A-Cyclophosphamide CP known as cytophoshphane among other names is a medication used as chemotherapy and to suppress the immune system. Chemotherapy is used to treat lymphoma, multiple myeloma, leukemia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, neuroblastoma, and sarcoma.
So the correct option is A.

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