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21 Cards in this Set
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Which of the three: chemo, surgery, or radiation, has the highest curative potential?
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Surgery
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Which of the three: chemo, surgery, or radiation, has systemic effects?
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Chemo, but occasionally sugery.
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Which of the three: chemo, surgery, or radiation, is not curative alone?
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Radiation.
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Which of the three: chemo, surgery, or radiation is the patient's survival dependent on local control?
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Radiation
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Which of the three: chemo, surgery, or radiation, is used for metastatic disease?
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Chemo.
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What are the two goals of chemotherapy?
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Remission and palliation
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How do you usually treat OSA?
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Chemo and then surgery
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If you do post op radiation, how long should you wait after the surgery?
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10-14 days
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Why would you want to do radiation therapy before surgery?
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To make the tumor smaller.
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Fill in the blank:
Surgery + radiation + ________ + chemotherapy |
hyperthermia
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What are the 3 types of radiation used in radiation therapy?
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Xrays
Gamma rays Particles |
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Name 2 particles used in radiation therapy.
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Iridium 92
Iodine 131 |
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When would you want to use Iodine 131 and why?
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To treat hyperthyroid because it has a high affinity for thyroid cells.
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Cobalt is a type of __________.
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Gamma ray
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What are the 4 effects that damage to DNA by radiation causes and at what radiation levels does this occur?
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Mitosis delay (<1Gy)
Cells cannot divide (<10Gy) Intermitotic death (>10-100Gy) Cell death of radiation damaged cells. |
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What are the most radiation sensitive cells in the body?
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Undifferentiated
Actively dividing Long mitotic future |
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What are the 4 "R's" of radiation therapy?
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Repair
Repopulation Reoxygenation Reassortment |
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The 3 veterinary medicine fractionation protocols are:
_____Gy in ____ fractions _____Gy in ____ fractions ___________. |
<40-48 Gy in 10 fractions (M-W-F)
<60 Gy in 20 daily fractions Hypofractionation (weekly large fractions) |
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What are the acceptable and non-acceptable complications of radiation therapy?
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Acceptable: acute-PEMM, late-FACKD
Non-acceptable: acute-INC, late-FUMDN |
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Which tumors are best candidates for radiation therapy?
a. metastatic, resectable, systemic b. metastatic, resectable, local c. nonmetastatic, metastatic, nonresectable, local d. nonmetastatic, local, nonresectable |
D. Nonmetastatic, locally invasive, nonresectable
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Name 6 specific tumors are the best candidates for radiation therapy?
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Meningioma
Nasal tumor Mast cell tumor Soft tissue sarcoma Oral squamous cell carcinoma Lymphoma (local or abdominal) |
