Radiation Therapy Prelim Exam Questions with Verified Answers
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Radiation therapy
Institution
Radiation Therapy
Radiation - Answer-High speed energy carried by waves or stream of particles.
It can come from radioactive substances or special machines.
When radiation energy is used at high levels, it can treat cancer and other illnesses.
Cancer - Answer-A tumor, or an overgrowth of abnormal cells. These c...
Radiation Therapy Prelim Exam
Questions with Verified Answers
Radiation - Answer-High speed energy carried by waves or stream of particles.
It can come from radioactive substances or special machines.
When radiation energy is used at high levels, it can treat cancer and other illnesses.
Cancer - Answer-A tumor, or an overgrowth of abnormal cells. These cells grow by
multiplying or dividing to rapidly make new tumor cells. The ability to multiply without
limits, grow quickly, and grow into surrounding normal tissues makes cancer cells
different from normal cells.
Radiation Therapy - Answer-Is one of four approaches to the treatment of cancer. The
other three are surgery, chemotherapy, and biological therapy. Since each type of
cancer is unique, research has helped physicians determine which treatment or
combination of treatments is appropriate for each type of cancer. Radiation therapy may
be used alone or in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, and/or biological therapy.
Cure - Answer-Radiotherapy given with the aim of curing the cancer on its own or
combined with other treatments. Such as surgery or chemotherapy. This may be called
curative treatment.
Control (Prophylactic Treatment) - Answer-Radiotherapy used to control the cancer by
making it smaller or stopping it from spreading.
Symptom Relief (Palliative Treatment) - Answer-Radiotherapy is often able to relieve
symptoms such as pain or bleeding, to help you to feel as well as possible.
Help other treatments - Answer-Radiotherapy is used before (Neoadjuvant) or after
(Adjuvant) other treatments. The aim is to make the main treatment more effective.
External Radiotherapy - Answer-The patient will lie on a treatment table underneath a
machine, which aims radiation beams towards the body.
The machine remains outside of the body and doesn't come into contact with the
patient.
Radiation beams are directed towards the cancer and surrounding tissues where the
cancer may have spread.
Internal Radiotherapy - Answer-A radiation source is placed inside the body on or near
the cancer.
This includes Brachytherapy, where a temporary or permanent radiation source is put
inside the body on or near the cancer or radioisotope treatment, where a radioactive
isotope is given as a capsule.
, Depending on the type and size of the cancer, and where it is in your body, you may
have one or both types of radiotherapy.
Radiation Oncologists
Radiation Therapists
Radiation Oncology Nurses
Radiation Physicists - Answer-Health professionals who care for people having
radiotherapy who specialize in diagnosing and treating the type of cancer are listed in
the table below.
Radiation Oncologists - Answer-A specialized doctor who prescribes and coordinates
the course of radiation treatment and advises about side effects.
Radiation Therapists - Answer-Plans and delivers radiation treatment.
Radiation Oncology Nurses - Answer-Help you manage emotional and physical
problems, such as side effects that you may experience during treatment.
Radiation Physicists - Answer-Ensures that the machines are running correctly in order
to deliver treatment and recovery.
Consultation
Simulation
Treatment Planning
Start of Treatment - Answer-
- Answer-It damages cancer cells in the region being treated. Although the radiation
can also damage normal cells, they can usually repair themselves. During this repair
process, you may experience some side effects, depending on the part of your body
being treated.
Skin Problems - Answer-Dryness, itching, blistering, or peeling.
Fatigue - Answer-(assoc. with cancer treatment) is a feeling of exhaustion that does not
improve with rest.
Head and Neck - Answer-Dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, mouth and gum sores,
stiffness in the jaw, nausea, and type of swelling called lymphedema. Tooth decay may
also occur.
Chest - Answer-Difficulty swallowing, shortness of breath, breast or nipple soreness,
and shoulder stiffness.
Stomach and Abdomen - Answer-Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.
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