Basics + Physiology
Spine/Bone
Lung/Liver
Trial Qs
Medications with RT
100

type of structure where loss of one segment can compromise the whole structure

what is a serial organ?

100

best imaging scan to evaluate the spinal cord before SBRT?

what is magnetic resonance imaging?

100

amount of healthy liver volume in cubic centimeters that must be spared from high dose radiation

what is 700 cc? 

100

Foundational randomized trial showing that treating limited cancer spots with high dose radiation improves survival

what is the SABR comet trial?

100

type of immune therapy drugs that are generally safe to give with radiation but not on the exact same day

what are immune checkpoint inhibitors?

200

maximum number of treatments to be considered sbrt 

what is 5?

200

major bone complication that can happen if high dose is given to weight bearing bones?

what is a compression fracture?

200

number of treatments that works just as well as 4 treatments for small outer lung tumors per the SAFRON study

what is 1?

200

type of cancer proven to benefit from treating limited spots in the stomp/oriole and wolverine trials

what is prostate cancer?

200

type of targeted cancer drugs that increase bleeding risk and must be stopped before treating the trunk 

what are VEGF inhibitors?

300

biological effective dose number needed to achieve ablative local tumor control

what is 100 bed10 ?

300

primary outcome that was doubled at 3 months in the CCTG 24 trial for spine radiation?

what is complete pain response?

300

2 types of cancer that commonly spread to the lungs and need higher radiation doses to control given radio resistance?

what are colorectal cancer and sarcoma?***


would also accept RCC

300

patient performance status where SBRT may cause more harm than good?

What is ECOG 3 or higher?

300

Commonly utilized blood vessel blocking drug that must be stopped for at least 1 week before and after radiation

what is bevacizumab [avastin]?

400

tumor movement distance in millimeters that requires active motion management when it is larger than

what is 5?

400

The number of subdivisions of the spinal bone as delineated in SBRT consensus contouring guidelines

What is 6? [body, pedicle, transverse, spinous, other transverse, other pedicle]

lamina is not its own subdivision

400

liver disease severity score that assesses risk of liver failure after RT

what is child pugh score? [careful at B or C]

400

name for when a tumor shrinks outside the radiation field after giving radiation and immunotherapy

what is an abscopal effect?

400

type of common systemic therapy for prostate cancer that is can be given concurrently with radiation without increasing RT toxicity?

what is ADT? 

500

radiobiological model that tends to overestimate how well radiation works at high doses per treatment

what is the linear quadratic model?

500

safe lifetime dose limit in eqd2 gray for the spinal cord when giving repeat radiation assuming 1 year between treatments and 50% recovery

What is 45 Gy?***

500

location term for a lung tumor that touches the main bronchus or major blood vessels

what is ultracentral?

500

most common type of cancer treated in the dutch belgian liver radiation registry

what is colorectal cancer?

500

maximum number of weeks you need to pause tki drugs before and after treating the abdomen or liver

what is 2 weeks?