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| What are the components used in tumor classification? |
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| anatomic site, biological behavior, cell of origin, well differentiatied, undifferentiated, benign, malignant, sarcoma, carcinoma |
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| slow-growing, have suffix -oma, well differentiated, do not metasticize |
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| prefix sarci- or carci-, well differentiated to undifferentiated, ability to metasticize, invade and destroy normal tissue, can cause death |
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| T:size (T1-T4) N: Lymph Node Involvement (N1-N4) M: Metastatic extent (M0-M1) |
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| Gx-G4; Measure of aggressiveness |
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| Explain the role of surgery in cancer |
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| localized; can be involved in diagnosis, staging, treatment, palliation, and identification of treatment response |
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| systemic; drugs administered orally, through injection, perfusion, or topically |
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| Describe radiation therapy |
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| alone or with other treatment modalities; preserve function and better cosmetic results, palliation,external beam, intraoperative, brachytherapy |
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| the study of the causes of a disease. |
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| the study of disease incidence. the patterns of cancer occurance and the death rates. |
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| What is the theory of cancer initiation |
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| tumors stem from abnormal cellular proliferation |
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| life expectancy based on patterns of spread, behavioral characteristics, tumor site, and patient factors |
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| Describe retrospective clinical trials |
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| the review of past patient treatment and reactions |
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| describe prospective studies |
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| sample cells are collected via needle aspiration, core needle, endoscopic, incisional, and excisional means. used to determine malignant or benign tumors |
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| explain metasticis and how they occur |
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| spreading ot a site in the body distant from the primary site via lymph nodes or blood |
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| the axis of rotation of the gantry, couch, and collimators |
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| kids can water eggs as basements tell time. pick beamfilter in the ioc on the second mldc |
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| klystron circulator waveguide electron gun accelerator structure bending magnet tungsten target. primary collimator beam flattening filter ion chamber secondary collimator mlc |
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| describe orthogonal imaging |
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| orthogonal imaging is when two images are taken at 90 degree angles from one another, localizing isocenter on all planes |
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| what is a fiducial marker |
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| markers placed as reference marks |
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| what are shielding blocks |
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| used to shape photon or electron fields |
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| multileaf collimators. use jaws to shape treatment field |
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| source-skin distance; ODI (optimal distance indicator helps determine this) |
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| the measure of the angle between the central rays of two intersecting treatment beams |
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| What are the five things necessary in a radiation oncologist's prescription |
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| site, dose, daily dose, technique, radiation oncologist's signature |
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| discuss prevention, early detection, signs, symptoms, syndromes and diagnosis |
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sign; objective finding as perceived by an examiner
symptom; subjective indication of a disease or a change in condition as percieved by the patient
syndrome:a set of signs or symptoms that arise from a common cause
diagnosis:identification of a disease or condition |
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