Patient Care
Treatment
Radiobiology
Oncology
Physics
100

Informed consent should be signed prior to the patient receiving:

Any procedure

100

When treating a patient using the source to surface distance(SSD), the field size is defined:

What is the patients skin?

100

The cell that is most radiosensitive

What are Blast cells?

100

5FU is this type of chemotherapy drug.

What is an antimetabolite?

100

Radiolucent contrast agents appear this way on images

What is dark?

200

Shock caused by administration of contrast media is:

What is anaphylactic shock?

200

Tongue immobilization can be accomplished with:

What is bite block and or cork?

200

Total body exposure to a dose of more than 10Gy will cause this acute effect.

What is the GI Syndrome?

200

Screening for colorectal cancer includes:

What is a carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) test?

200

The interaction between an incident photon and an inner shell electron which transfers all the energy of the photon to the electron

What is photoelectric effect?

300

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the patient has a reduced number of:

What are platelets?

300

Supraclavicular lymph nodes are treated to this depth

What is 2 cm?

300

Repopulation, repair, redistribution and reoxygenation

What are the 4 R's of radiobiology?

300

Tumor grade is determined by:

What is differentiation?

300

Hounsfield units measure

What is density of tissue?

400

Epilation will begin at this dose

What is 2000 cGy?

400

A landmark, located near the ear, commonly used when setting up whole brain treatments

What is the external auditory meatus?

400

After total body exposure to radiation, the time when the patient has no symptoms is referred to as:

What is the latent phase?

400

Presentation of unilateral hearing loss and enlarged cervical lymph node

What is nasopharyngeal cancer?

400

Tolerance doses decrease as treatment volume

What is increase?

500

The plane which divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

What is the coronal plane?

500

Drugs used to reduce cerebral edema

What are corticosteroids?

500

The most radiosensitive stage in gestation

What is organogenesis?

500

Myelopathy is a result of which part receiving more than its tolerance dose

What is the spinal cord?

500

When a patient is treated with an SAD at a depth of 12 cm, the SSD would be

What is 88 cm?

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