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What is the TD 5/5 for the kidney? - Correct Answer-23 Gy
What would a QA level 1 action item require? - Correct Answer-
Inspection, but treatment can continue
What is the backscatter factor at the level of Dmax? - Correct
Answer-Tissue Air Ratio (TAR)
What technique can be used to accomplish forced shallow
breathing? - Correct Answer-Gating
What are the parts of the oral cavity? - Correct Answer-Floor of the
mouth, retromolar trigone, gingiva, anterior 2/3 of tongue, hard
palate
What is the tolerance for gantry & collimator angle indicators? -
Correct Answer-1.0˚
What does T1b glottic cancer involve according to the AJCC staging
system? - Correct Answer-Both vocal cords
What is the most common breast cancer diagnosis? - Correct
Answer-Invasive infiltrating ductal carcinoma
When a patient is treated with an SAD of 12 cm, what would the
SSD be? - Correct Answer-88 cm
What is the single most effective way of preventing the spread of
infection? - Correct Answer-Washing hands
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,What is the most common dose-limiting toxicity for
chemotherapeutic drugs? - Correct Answer-Myelosuppresion
What is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma? -
Correct Answer-Mycosis fungoides
What is the TD 5/5 for the whole liver? - Correct Answer-30 Gy
What must a treatment prescription contain? - Correct Answer-
Total dose, daily dose, orientation of treatment fields, fractionation
scheme, beam energy, beam-modifying devices, anatomic site,
treatment technique
Which phase after total body exposure to radiation is characterized
by having no symptoms? - Correct Answer-Latent phase
What is a general characteristic of well-differentiated tumors? -
Correct Answer-Benign
Which primary diagnosis indicates prophylactic cranial irradiation?
- Correct Answer-Small cell carcinoma
What is used to prevent a hot spot at the junction
of two treatment fields with a small hinge angle? -
Correct Answer-Wedge
What is a near miss in radiation therapy treatment
delivery? - Correct Answer-A harmful event that
was caught prior to the delivery of treatment
What is included in the ITV? - Correct Answer-PTV,
CTV, & GTV
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,What type of acute radiation syndrome results from
a whole body dose of 1000-5000 cGy? - Correct
Answer-Gastrointestinal
Through which organ/tissue are intrathecal drug injections administered?
- Correct Answer-Spinal cord
What is the purpose of an excisional biopsy? - Correct Answer-Remove
the entire tumor & any local spread
What can be used to compensate for an irregular skin surface due to
missing or curved tissue? - Correct Answer-Bolus, wedges, shielding
blocks
Near what vertebral level does the spinal cord usually end? - Correct
Answer-L1-L2
What does ipsilateral mean? - Correct Answer-The same side of the body
What is the TD 5/5 for 1/3 of the brain? - Correct Answer-60 Gy
Which cell type is more radiosensitive? - Correct Answer-Basal cells
What can be used to confirm patient identity when performing time out
procedures? - Correct Answer-Checking ID bracelet & asking name,
asking patient's name & comparing with the name called, comparing
patient with his/her picture in the chart
If the hinge angle of two radiation beams is 150˚, what should the wedge
angle be? - Correct Answer-15˚
Which acute effect will result from a total body exposure to a dose of more
than 10 Gy? - Correct Answer-GI syndrome
What happens to the PDD curve as the field size increases? - Correct
Answer-It increases
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, Of what is the JRCERT an example? - Correct Answer-Accrediting body
If an orthogonal pair is taken with the first angle at 215˚, what would the
second angle be? - Correct Answer-305˚
Of what does a patient presenting with petechiae have signs? - Correct
Answer-Bleeding
How do radiolucent contrast agents appear on radiographs? - Correct
Answer-Dark
What is the most commonly involved lymph node in individuals with nasal
cavity & paranasal sinus cancer? - Correct Answer-Submandibular node
What is an example of a sterile procedure? - Correct Answer-The insertion
of a urinary catheter
What is the most common side effect of patients being treated with EBRT
to the vagina? - Correct Answer-Dyspareunia
When reviewing a transverse slice, what directional
terms orient the image? - Correct Answer-
Anterior/posterior & right/left
What does it mean when a surgical report indicates
the presence of positive margins? - Correct Answer-
There is disease remaining
What is a common screening technique for prostate
cancer? - Correct Answer-Digital rectal exam
What is the most radiosensitive stage of gestation?
- Correct Answer-Preimplantation
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