RTT 300 FINAL EXAM WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS
BEV - Answer beams eye view
GTV - Answer *gross tumor volume
*gross palpable or visible tumor
CTV - Answer clinical target volume
PTV - Answer planning target volume
What is acceptance? - Answer the vendor proves the equipment is functioning per their
specifications
What is commissioning? - Answer data is gathered by the physicist, final calibrations
and adjustments are made before tx begins
staging - Answer system of evaluating the extent of spread of tumors
grading - Answer evaluating the degree of maturity of tumor cells or degree of
differentiation
licensure - Answer process where an agency or gov't grants an individual permission to
work
credentialing - Answer the process of initially recognizing individuals who have satisfied
certain standards within a profession
, Accreditation - Answer voluntary process of external peer review by non-governmental
body that gives public recognition
Adjuvant - Answer treatment used with another modality
Neoadjuvant - Answer Administered before another therapy to reduce tumor burden
Primary therapy - Answer Used when the alternative method of tx is less effective
Induction - Answer Primary tx with no alternative tx
Combination chemo - Answer Administration of 2 or more chemo agents
Carcinoma - Answer a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
Sarcoma - Answer malignant tumor of connective tissue
Benign - Answer mild, not cancerous
Malignant - Answer cancerous
What is a sign? - Answer A change in a body that can be measured or observed as a
result of disease
What is a symptom? - Answer A change in body function that is felt by a patient as a
result of disease (subjective)
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