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110 Cards in this Set
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2ND CAUSE OF DEATH
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COLORECTAL
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MOST COMMON MALIGNANT CANCER
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LUNG
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STAR SHAPED
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GLIOMAS
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MAJORITY OF BONE CANCER IS
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METS
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MOST COMMON BONE CA
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OSTEOSARCOMA
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HIGHEST DEATH RATE DUE TO LATE DX
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OVARIAN
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MOST COMMON CA IN MEN
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PROSTATE
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SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS ARE PRIMARILY
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MESENCHYMAL
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MOST MALIGNANT CANCER IN WOMEN
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BREAST
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COMMON PLACES THAT MET TO BONE
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PROSTATE
BREAST LUNG KIDNEY |
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The Karnofsky Performance Scale
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Index allows patients to be classified as to their functional impairment. This can be used to compare effectiveness of different therapies and to assess the prognosis in individual patients. The lower the Karnofsky score, the worse the survival for most serious illnesses.
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ISOTOPES TO DECAY
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NOTHING
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SIMPLE IMMOBILIZATION DEVICE
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TAPE
CLOTH STAPS VELCRO |
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THE RATE OF DECAY IS NOT EFFECTED BY
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DOES NOT DECAY BY:
CHEM BONDING TEMP BARROMETRIC PRESSURE |
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E- ENERGY SHOULD BE ___ TIMES THE MAX DEPTH OF THE TUMOR
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3X
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CONVERTS ULTRASOUND ENERGY TO ELECTRICAL IS
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PIEZOELECTRICE EFFECT
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ICRU MINIMUM ACCURACY OF DOSE DELIVERED
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5%
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TAR EMPLOYED FOR CALCS INVOLVING
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SSD VARYING FIELDS
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RADIATION DAMAGE TO A RADIORESISTANT ORGAN IS USUALLY CAUSED BY
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VASCULAR DAMAGE
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MAJORITY OF LUNG TUMORS ARISE IN THE
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BRONCHI
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DRUG: OPIUM DERIVATIVE TO TREAT DIARRHEA
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PAREGORIC
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AVERAGE WIDTH OF PELVIC BRIM AT WIDEST POINT
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12CM
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WHEN MEASURING RADIOBIOLOGIC EFFECT OF RADIATION_____ IS THE STANDARD
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250 KV XRAYS
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COMPARING PHYSICAL HALF LIFE TO EFFECTIVE HALF LIFE OF RADIOISOTOPES
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PHYSICAL HALF-LIFE IS GREATER
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MOST LIKEY TO BE PERMANTLY DAMAGED FROM XRT
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*SALIVARY GLANDS*
(urinary bladder, pancreas, liver) |
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MOST FREQ INVOLVED PRIMARY SITE FOR LYMPHOSARCOMA
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WALDEYERS RING
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WHARTON'S DUCT DRAIN
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SUBMANDIBLE
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CORECTION FACTORS FOR IONIZATION CHAMBER
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BEAM ENERGY
TEMP BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (not-elevation) |
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WEDGES OF MV THERAPY MADE OUT OF
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PB OR BRASS
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5FU IS CLASSIFIED AS
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AN ANTIMETABOLITE
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NEEDLE IMPLANT FOR ____ OF THE TONGE
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CENTRAL ANTERIOR 2/3
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OF FEMALE CA WHICH HAS BEST PROGNOSIS
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CERVIX (IN RELATION TO STAGE)
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WHAT IS TRUE OF ALPHA DECAY
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MOST LIKELY WITH ATOMS WITH Z>82
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STOCHASTIC EFFECTS
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-EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUAL EXPOSED
-SEVERITY RELATED TO DOSE (not- can pass on to progeny or probably occuring related to dose) |
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REQ ON PERSON MONITOR REPORT
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-BIRTH DATE
-CUMULATIVE LIFETIME EXPOSURE (not- cummulative annual skin exposure) |
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A BLAST CELL IS
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-THE LEAST DIFFERENTIATED BLOOD CELL
-AN IMMATURE STEM CELL |
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LYMPHATICS OF THE TONGUE DRAIN TO
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THE JUGULAR NODES
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SCREENING METHOD WITH HIGHEST SENSITIVITY TO PROSTATE CA
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TRUS
TRANSRECTAL ULTRA SOUND |
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DESCRIBES THE TERMINAL SLOPE PORTION OF CELL SURVIVAL CURVE
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Do
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EXPOSURE IS
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-IONIZATION IN AIR
-AMOUNT OF CHARGE PER UNIT MASS -MEASURED USING AN IONIZATION CHAMBER |
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NEUTRON CONTAMINATION IS A RESULT OF PHOTON INTERACTION WITH HIGH Z MATERIALS
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PHOTODISINTEGRATION
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Go REFERS TO
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A NON DIVIDING CELL
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LAW OF B & T STATES
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RADIOSENSITIVITY IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THEIR REPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY AND INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE DEGREE OF DIFFERENTIATION
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WHEN TREATING BREAST TANGENTIAL, NO MORE THAN ___ CM OF LUNG
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3 CM OF LUNG
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LET OF X OR GAMMA PHOTON IS LOW BECAUSE
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OF ITS HIGH PENETRATION
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BEAM UNIFORMITY ACCROSS A FIELD CAN BE DETERMINED BY
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A SOLID PHANTOM
(NOT WATER)] |
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CONSTANCY CHECKS ARE NOT FOR
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BASELINE TESTING
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PATH TRAVELED BY XRAY BEAM IN LINEAR ACCELERATOR
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1-FLATTENING FILTER
2-ION CHAMBER 3-PRIMARY COLLIMATOR |
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SITES SUITABLE FOR INTERSTITIAL IRRADIATION TECHNIQUES
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-LIPS
-TONGUE -BREAST |
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IMPLANTS IN MOUTH, TO REDUCE DOSE TO GUM AND TEETH
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FLOURIDE CARRIER
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LD 50 FOR EMBRYONIC DEATH
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60 CGY (60 REM)
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ADVERSE PRODUCTION OF WBC IS MOST LIKELY AFTER XRT TO
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SKELETAL SYSTEM
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COMPARED TO X AND GAMMA ON CELL SURVIVAL CURVE, ALPHA IS
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STEEPER
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MOST COMMON BRAIN TUMOR IN ADULTS
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METS
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SOUNDING A UTERUS TO GET
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DEPTH
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THE STOMACH IS ____ TO THE PANCREAS
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ANTERIOR
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THORACIC DUCT EMPTIES INTO THE
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-LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEIN AND
-INTERNAL JUGULAR VEINS |
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HAS STRONG HEREDITARY RELATIONSHIP
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RETINOBLASTOMAS
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ADENOIDS ALSO CALLED
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NASOPHARYGEAL TONSILS
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LEFT ATRIUM OF HEART FROM RECIEVES BLOOD FROM
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LUNGS
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WHAT IS THE HEMOCRIT %
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% OF RBC
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UNIVERSAL DONOR
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INCREASE SIZE OF CELL
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HYPERTROPHY
(not-hyperplasia) |
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NORMAL NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES
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46 AND 2N
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NCR REQ RADIOACTIVE SOURCES LEAK TESTED
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-INITIALLY
-EVERY 6 MONTHS |
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COMPTON ABSORPTION INDEPENDANT E- IS
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INDEPENDANT OF Z#
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HODGKINS WITH POOREST PROGNOSIS
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LYMPHOCYTIC DEPLETED
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TX FOR NASOPHARYNX SHOULD INCLUDE
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-RETROPHARYNGEAL NODES
-BASE OF SKULL -POST 3RD OF ORBIT |
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LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE TO RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND ARM ENTERS
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RIGHT LYMPHATIC DUCT
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GLIOBLASTOMAS REQ LARGE PORTS B/C
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THEY HAVE MULTIPLE CENTERS OF ORIGIN
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INF BORDER OF NASOPHARYNX
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SOFT PALATE
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PAIR PRODUCTION PREDOMINATE
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ABOVE 20 MV
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NTTD/TLD IS
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THERAPEUTIC RATIO
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2 TUMOR THAT COMMONLY MET TO BONE
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BREAST AND PROSTATE
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ENFORCING RADIATION STANDARDS
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NRC
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FREON IN LINACS FOR
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ELECTRICAL INSULATION
(not- cooling) |
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MOVING STRIP TECHNIQUE FOR
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OVARIAN CA
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RAD DOSE OF ____ WILL RESULT IN RETARDATION OF BONE GROWTH
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2,000 CGY
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MOPP
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-NITOGEN MUSTARD
-VINICRISTINE -PROCARBAZINE -PREDNISONE |
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POSITIVE BLOCK EX
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MANTLE
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CHARCOAL USED FOR
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LEAK TESTING
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PRIMARY LYMPH DRAIN FOR LOWER 1/3 ESOPHAGUS
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CELIAC NODES
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REMOVAL OF HEYMANS CAPSULE MUST BE
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IN REVERSE ORDER
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ORGANS THAT IS STERILE
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URINARY BLADDER
(not- stomach, large instestine, pharynx) |
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DILANTIN IS
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ANTIEPILEPTIC
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DR REDUCES 3CM IN TX ROOM YOU
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RECALCULATE DOSIMETRY BEFORE TX
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H/N WITH HIGH CERVICAL LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT
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NASOPHARYNX
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ONLY CURATIVE TX FOR STOMACH IS
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SURGERY
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PLASMA IS ___% OF BLOOD
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55%
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MOST COMMON INTRA-ABDOMINAL TUMOR
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1-NEUROBLASTOMA
2-WILMS TUMOR |
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MOST ACCURATE TO KNOW IF PT NEED OXYGEN
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BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS
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BEST RESPONSE TO HORMONE THERAPY
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PROSTATE
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SUP TO INF ANATOMICALLY
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S- EPIGLOTTIS, ARYEPIGLOTTIC FOLD, ARYTENOID, FALSE CORDS
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FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE OF BODY AGAINST INFECTION
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SKIN
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CSF IN
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-VENTRICLES OF BRAIN
-SUBARACHNOID SPACE |
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ENHANCES SKIN REACTIONS WHEN USED W/ XRT
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ACTOMYCIN D
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INTERVAL BETWEEN PREOP XRT AND SURGERY
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3-6 WEEKS
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BETA PARTICLES ALSO CALLED
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ELECTRONS
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PERIODIC TABLE ARRANGES ELEMENTS BY ATOMIC NUMBER AND
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ATOMIC WEIGHT
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ANT 2/3 DRAINS TO
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SUBDIGASTRIC NODE
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DNA REPLICATION
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S PHASE
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NEUTRAL ATOM THAT LOOSES AN E- BY IONIZATION TERMED
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POSITIVE ION
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SMALLEST DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE POSSESSING SAME CHEM AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
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MOLECULE
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IN ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM THE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
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ENERGY
-COSMIC IS SHORTER THAN XRAYS |
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150 KEV AND 3 MV XRAY INTERACTION
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COMPTON
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MOST USEFUL RANGE FOR THERAPUETIC E- IS DEPTH DOSE AT
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90%
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WEDGE FILTER IN THERAPY CONSTRUCTED OF
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-LEAD
-ALUMINUM -COPPER |
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RADIATION SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH
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-DEATH W/IN 72 HOURS
-SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION -INTERCRANIAL PRESSURE |
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HUMAN BRAIN CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT OXYGEN FOR
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2-4 MIN
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ARTERY THAT SUPPLIES LRGST PORTION OF INTESTINAL TRACT
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SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
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