Radiation Therapy Clinical Apps

Front 1

What is included in the treatment setup parameters?

Back 1

SSD vs SAD, prone or supine, part being treated, Gantry and collimator angles, floor angles, immobilization device, Dose, beam energy, blocks or MLC, wedges, bolus or no bolus, 3D conformal or IMRT

Front 2

What two things do you need to assure are done before treating patients?

Back 2

Consent form is signed and prescription is signed by the doctor and is in the patients chart

Front 3

What are the contents of a prescription?

Back 3

Dose, What type of energy, Poured blocks or MLC, Bolus, part being treated, Boost or Reduction, conformal or IMRT

Front 4

The prescription must be signed by whom?

Back 4

The doctor

Front 5

Whose signature must be on the treatment plan?

Back 5

The doctor and the physicist

Front 6

Whose job is it to verify that the treatment plan is correct and the informed consent is signed before the patient is put on the table?

Back 6

The Radiation Therapist