What is the plane perpendicular to the long axis of the body?
Transverse (Coronal)
What is brain mets treated with a whole brain field?
A) brain mets tend to be multi-centric
B) whole brain fields give a more even isodose distribution
A) brain mets tend to be multi-centric
Why do you use shielding for nasal cancer?
To protect the lens of the eye and inside the nostrils
What is a moderate reaction
A) vomiting
B) pain at injection site
vomitting
Billing ----3D conformal.
Simple or Complex
Complex
Why would you use bolus for larynx
to keep the dose more superficial
The patient is unable to lay on back for a left ear electron beam treatment. The patient is lying on the right side. What is the beam projection?
A) Left Lateral B) Right Lateral
C) LAO D)RAO
Left Lateral
Equivalent square with 2 squares and a triangle -----had to figure out the blocked section
What is the most sensitive kidney tumor?
Wilm's tumor
Popliteal lymph nodes are where to the patella?
A) Anterior
B) Posterior
C) Superior
D) Inferior
posterior
How deep is the 80% line for 12MeV?
4cm
Which beam has the highest exiting power?
6MV
10MV
6MeV
20MeV
10MV
There was a picture of the throat with several numbered structures.
Aryepilottic
Epiglottis
Vocal cord
The one I had pointed to the epiglottis
You are treating a persons right foot. They are supine and feet first. The gantry is at 225 degrees. What angle are you treating?
RAO
RPO
LPO
LAO
LAO
Arc therapy:
wants you to calculate how many mu's are needed per degree. They tell you there are 2 arcs and give you a total amount of mu's
If a patient doesn't want you to touch them due to religious beliefs what do you do?
notify the physician (do not treat)
Know what a voxel is.
She didnt remember the question
3D
An image was shown and asked which one was a secondary barrier
Be able to identify the coronoid process and the mandible
A beam enters through the patients left scalpula and exits the anterior chest. What projection is this?
RPO; LPO; RAO; LAO
RPO
If you go 2 cm anterior and 2 cm superior from the EAIVI, what are you treating?
pituitary
What are some precursors for colon cancer?
history of polyps;
change in bowel habits;
bloody stools
Define:
Costophrenic
The angle between the diaphragm and the chest wall at the bottom of the lung
Specific cell types VIM-FPM.
put them order from most to least sensitive
VIM - DIM - vessels & connective tissues - RPM - FPM
Define:
Hyperalimentation
Administration or consumption of nutrients beyond minimum normal requirements in an attempt to replace nutritional deficiencies