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