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Who performs radiation therapy? - Answer-A radiation therapist under the supervision of a radiation oncologist What percent of cancer patients are treated with rad therapy? - Answer-75% Surgical oncologist - Answer-Physician that would remove the tumor (removal or biopsy) Medical oncologis...

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Who performs radiation therapy? - Answer-A radiation therapist under the supervision of
a radiation oncologist

What percent of cancer patients are treated with rad therapy? - Answer-75%

Surgical oncologist - Answer-Physician that would remove the tumor (removal or
biopsy)

Medical oncologist - Answer-Physician who is in charge of chemotherapy (plans how
often/type of drugs)

Radiation oncologist - Answer-Radiologist that prescribes the radiation dose that will be
needed to treat the particular type of cancer/tumor

Radiation therapist - Answer-Technologist that administers the dose and monitors the
patients well-being

Dosimetrist - Answer-Plans how the dose will be administered (delivering the maximum
legal dose to the tumor while sparing as much good tissue as possible)

Oncology nurse - Answer-Oversee everything; arrange for hospice care etc.

Definitive treatment - Answer-Primary treatment; treating for cure
-deliver a lethal dose to the tumor

Adjuvant treatment - Answer-Combination with another form of treatment (surgery &
chemo)

Palliation - Answer-Relief of pain or symtoms; shrink tumor (cannot cure patient)

Patient factors for treatment options - Answer--overall physical/emotional condition
-type of cancer/extent/position of tumor
{small tumors with well-defined margins=often treated with surgery alone / systemic
disease (metastasized or affecting organ systems) = chemotherapy may be the only
choice}

When is rad therapy employed after surgery (4) - Answer--surgical margins between
normal & cancerous tissue = <2cm.
-surgical margin positive for cancer
-tumor is not completely removed due to size/relationship to normal vital structures
-cancer has spread to adjacent lymph nodes

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