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Match each targeted anticancer drug with its molecular target. Which of the following pairings is entirely correct?

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Nilotinib treats CML; trastuzumab targets HER2 breast cancer.
Updated On: Jun 25, 2026
  • Sunitinib - c-KIT/VEGFR; Nilotinib - BCR-ABL; Trastuzumab - HER2; Gefitinib - EGFR
  • Sunitinib - HER2; Nilotinib - EGFR; Trastuzumab - BCR-ABL; Gefitinib - c-KIT
  • Sunitinib - BCR-ABL; Nilotinib - c-KIT; Trastuzumab - EGFR; Gefitinib - HER2
  • Sunitinib - EGFR; Nilotinib - HER2; Trastuzumab - c-KIT; Gefitinib - BCR-ABL
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The Correct Option is A

Solution and Explanation

Each agent here is a targeted oncology drug defined by the kinase or receptor it blocks. Sunitinib is an oral multi-targeted inhibitor that hits VEGFR, PDGFR and $c\text{-}KIT$, which is why it works in renal cell carcinoma and in imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumours. Nilotinib is a more potent second-generation inhibitor of the $BCR\text{-}ABL$ fusion kinase and is used in chronic myeloid leukaemia. Trastuzumab is a humanised monoclonal antibody directed at the $HER2$ receptor on breast and gastric cancers. Gefitinib is a small-molecule inhibitor of $EGFR$ tyrosine kinase used in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. Pairing them gives Sunitinib with c-KIT, Nilotinib with BCR-ABL, Trastuzumab with HER2 and Gefitinib with EGFR, and only the first option keeps all four correct while the others swap targets. \[\boxed{\text{Sunitinib-cKIT, Nilotinib-BCRABL, Trastuzumab-HER2, Gefitinib-EGFR}}\]
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