What tumor causes shoulder pain that radiates down the arm and causes atrophy of the hand muscles?
pancoast tumors
What is the Karnofsky's scale used for?
it is used to rate a patients performance status and can be used to evaluate their status after a procedure
100 is normal------0 is dead
List most sensitive to least sensitive -
gonads; ureters; bladder; uterus
gonads, bladder, uterus, ureters
How does basal cancer spread?
almost never metastasize but can to the skin & bone
Which of these would do well with hormone treatment: prostate; breast; testes; ovaries
prostate & breast
Where would the lower lobe of the lung drain to?
drains back to the hilum - or can drain back to the celiac axis
Who regulates radioactive materials?
NRC
What type of cancer involves the true vocal cord?
laryngeal cancer of the glottis
What is a common treatment for esophageal cancer?
surgery
What type of cancer is not caused by occupational exposure to carcinogens?
Leukemia's, Lymphoma's .....etc
What is the most common lung cancer?
NSCLC - non small cell lung cancer
Does half life increase, decrease or stay the same as the source decays?
stays the same
Which organ drains to the Para aortic nodes?
kidneys
What is Leukocytosis?
raised white blood cells count
What syndrome is associated with esophageal cancer?
Plummer Vinson syndrome
What is the order of lymph node drainage for a seminoma?
para-aortics
What do you use when doing intraoperative XRT?
a mobitron intrabeam or an intrabeam system
Which portion of the colon is near the fundus of the uterus?
The sigmoid colon
What type of cancer would represent a dot on a ct scan above the femoral heads
rectum or bladder
An AP film of the pelvis is good for interpretation of all the following except?
R/L; S/I; In/out; AP
AP
What would block neutrons?
need a waxy substance, concrete
What 2 have uniform lymph spread?
Seminoma
non-seminoma
hodgkins
non-hodgkins
seminoma, hodgkins
List blood cells from most sensitive to least senistive
crypt cells, endothelial cells, parenchymal cells, erythrocytes
What is the most common cancer in children?
Leukemia
What cancer is the hockey stick field used for?
seminoma