Rad 370 Skin and melanoma Exam Practice Questions and Answers
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Course
RAD 370
Institution
RAD 370
Rad 370 Skin and melanoma Exam
Practice Questions and Answers
What are the three main types of skin cancer? - ANSWER-- basal cell
- squamous cell or cutaneous squamous cell
- malignant melanoma
characteristics of Basal cell skin cancer? - ANSWER-- slower growing non-aggressive
-no mets , most...
Treatment techniques for melanoma? - ANSWER✔✔-- treatment limited to surgical resection.
- chemo and immunotherapy to prevent mets and reoccurrence and for diseases that do have mets
What is radiation therapy used for in melanoma treatments? - ANSWER✔✔-- RT is limited to palliative
treatment for metastatic disease
- melanoma has a rep for being radio resistive some success though when used as an adjuvant for
surgery
what is the key for melanoma treatment? - ANSWER✔✔-- treat or remove cancer before it metastasizes
- after mets there is no successful cure RT can be used for palliation, superficial electron therapy, total
skin electron irradiation (TSEI)
What is the Stanford technique? - ANSWER✔✔-- used to treat mycosis fungoides
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