Patient Care
Informed consent should be signed prior to the patient receiving:
Any procedure
When treating a patient using the source to surface distance(SSD), the field size is defined:
What is the patients skin?
The cell that is most radiosensitive
What are Blast cells?
5FU is this type of chemotherapy drug.
What is an antimetabolite?
Radiolucent contrast agents appear this way on images
What is dark?
Shock caused by administration of contrast media is:
What is anaphylactic shock?
Tongue immobilization can be accomplished with:
What is bite block and or cork?
Total body exposure to a dose of more than 10Gy will cause this acute effect.
What is the GI Syndrome?
Screening for colorectal cancer includes:
What is a carcinoembryonic antigen(CEA) test?
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?
Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the patient has a reduced number of:
What are platelets?
Supraclavicular lymph nodes are treated to this depth
What is 2 cm?
Repopulation, repair, redistribution and reoxygenation
What are the 4 R's of radiobiology?
Tumor grade is determined by:
What is differentiation?
Hounsfield units measure
What is density of tissue?
Epilation will begin at this dose
What is 2000 cGy?
A landmark, located near the ear, commonly used when setting up whole brain treatments
What is the external auditory meatus?
After total body exposure to radiation, the time when the patient has no symptoms is referred to as:
What is the latent phase?
Presentation of unilateral hearing loss and enlarged cervical lymph node
What is nasopharyngeal cancer?
Tolerance doses decrease as treatment volume
What is increase?
The plane which divides the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is the coronal plane?
Drugs used to reduce cerebral edema
What are corticosteroids?
The most radiosensitive stage in gestation
What is organogenesis?
Myelopathy is a result of which part receiving more than its tolerance dose
What is the spinal cord?
When a patient is treated with an SAD at a depth of 12 cm, the SSD would be
What is 88 cm?