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Define Pallor
paleness; an unhealthy looking paleness of complexion
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Wedge with imaging a view of a transverse chest/breast and a 45 degree needing to change to better distribution.
switch to the 30 degree wedge
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What plane is perpendicular to long axis
transverse/coronal
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Which chemo drug is cardiotoxic
Dexorubicin
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If field light and field size doesn't match, whats wrong?
misaligned mirrors
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Best treatment for small intestine?
radiation - surgery - chemotherapy
surgery
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Which one is squamous cell carcinoma?
stomach, testes, colon, larynx
Larynx
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Carcinoma insitu and carcinoma. Whats the difference?
A) abdominal gland
B) tumor growth
Insitu has an absence of invasion of growth
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Interaction: Characteric
occurs when an incident electron has enough energy to knock out an inner shell electron causing an ionized atom (photoelectric)
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Ct question about changing diameter
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What care does hospice provide for patients & family
Family needs (emotional & spiritual) as well as the patients physical needs.
pain control
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Why is a foley cath bag kept below the patients bladder?
to prevent UTI & to obtain maximum amount
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Uterus - Fundus what could be affected by radiation therapy
A) rectum
B) bladder
C) colon
D) ovaries
rectum
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Which one is most damaging high let or low let
high LET
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Where do you do CPR compressions?
lower third of sternum
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Which breast cancer has the worst prognosis?
Inflammatory
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SSD on the right is 78
SSD on the left is 82.
Patient is supine head first.
Midline is at how many cm to the patients right/left?
20 cm
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Patient is lying on their left side with the gantry at 0, what projection is this?
right lateral
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Why would you use Cisplatin during RT?
It is a radiosensitizer
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Which is not a method of biopsy?
Dilation ; punch; Needle
Dilation
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What is the first thing you do when you see a patient slumped over in a chair?
check for alertness
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What do you do if you notice halfway through the treatment that the wedge is in wrong
call radiologist oncologist
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What can mess up TLD reading?
standing to close to heat
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What is the location of the prostate?
It sits just below the bladder behind your public bone
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What is TAR dependent on?
Energy & Field Size
- TAR is directly proportional to FS & energy
- TAR is indirectly proportional to depth
- TAR is independent of SSD
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