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Radiation-induced damage at the cellular level may lead to what type of damage

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Somatic and genetic (late effects)

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Examples of measurable late biologic damage

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Cataracts
Leukemia
Genetic mutations

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A science that deals with incidence, distriubution, and control of a disease in a population

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Epidemiology

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How are incident rates of irradiation-related malignancies determined

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Comparing the natural incidence of cancer occuring in a human population with the incidence of cancer occuring in an irradiated population

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Epidemiologic studies are of significant value to scientists to use the information from these studies to formulate:

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Dose-response estimates

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What are dose-response estimates used for

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To predict the risk of cancer in human populations exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation

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How are radiation dose-response relationships demonstrated on a graph

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Observed effects of radiation exposure in relation to the dose of radiation received

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What is the x-axis and y-axis of the radiation dose-response relationship curve

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X-axis: Radiation dose
Y-axis: Biologic effects observed

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How is the curve displayed for the radiation dose-response relationship

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Linear or nonlinear
Threshold or nonthreshold

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A point at which a response or reaction to an increasing stimulation first occurs

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Threshold

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What does threshold mean when it comes to ionizing radiation

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Below a certain level, no biologic effects are observed

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Any radiation dose has the capability of producing a biologic effect

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Nonthreshold

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Most stochastic effects and genetic effects at low dose levels from low-LET radiation, appear to follow what type of curve

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Linear quadratic nonthreshold

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BEIR committee recommends the use of what type of curve for most types of cancers

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Linear nonthreshold

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What does the LNT curve imply

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The biologic response to ionizing radiation is direclty proportional to the dose received

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BEIR committee believes the ___________ curve is a more accurate reflection of stochastic somatic and genetic effects

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Linear-quadratic nonthreshold

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Leukemia, breast cancer, and heritable damage are presumed to follow what curve

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LQNT

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Deterministic effects (skin erythema and hematologic depression) may be demonstrated graphically through what type of curve

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Linear threshold

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What type of curve depicts those cases for which a biologic response does not occur below a specific radiation dose

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Linear threshold

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What type of curve is used in radiation therapy to demonstrate high-dose cellular response

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Sigmoid (nonlinear) threshold

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When living organisms that have been exposed to radiation sustain biologic damage, the effects of this exposure are classified as:

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Somatic effects

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2 types of somatic effects

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Stochastic
Deterministic

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The probability that the effect happens depends upon the received dose, but the severity of the effect does not

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Stochastic effects

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Both the probability and the severity of the effect depend on the dose

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Deterministic effects

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Types of late deterministic effects
Cataract formations Fibrosis Organ atrophy Loss of parenchymal cells Reduced fertility Sterility
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Types of late stochastic effects
Cancer Genetic effects
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What effects show up months or years after radiation exposure
Late somatic effects
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No conclusive proof exists that low-level ionizing radiation exposure below _____ causes a significant increase in the risk of malignancy
.1 Sv
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What are the three categories of adverse health consequences that require study at low-levels of exposure
Cancer induction Damage to the unborn Genetic effects
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Is carcinogenesis a stochastic or deterministic event
Stochastic
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Is cataractogenesis a stochastic or deterministic event
Deterministic
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Is embyologic a stochastic or deterministic event
Stochastic
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Why is low dose risk not directly measurable in population studies
Risk is overshadowed by other causes Risk is zero
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This type of model predicts that a specific number of excess cancers will occur as a result of exposure
Absolute Risk Model
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This type of model predicts that the number of excess cancers will increase as the natural incidence of cancer increases with advancing age in a population
Relative Risk Model
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1989 BEIR V report supported the _______ model for leukemia only
Linear quadratic model
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Most important late stochastic effect caused by exposure to ionizing radiation
Cancer
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How many years does it take for cancer to develop in humans due to radiation
5+ years
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Incidence of Leukemia has slowly declined; but other malignances have continuted to escalate. This includes a variety of tumors such as:
Thyroid Breast Lung Bone
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In general, Japanese women have a ________ incidence of breast cancer
Lower
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Numerous studies of female survivors indicate a relative risk for breast cancer ranging from:
4:1 to 10:1
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According to studies from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for every 300 atomic bomb survivors, 1 died of a malignancy attributed to an average whole-body dose of appox:
0.14 Sv
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Radiation-induced leukemia is assumed to follow a _________ dose-response curve
LNT
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What was originally credited with the radiation dose and damage in Hiroshima
Neutrons
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What was the bomb filled with that dropped on Hiroshima
Uranium fuel
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What type of radiation inflicted the population of Hiroshima
50% gamma, 50% neutron
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What type of radiation inflicted the population of Nagasaki
10% neutrons, 90% gamma
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What was in the bomb released over Nagasaki
Plutonium
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What was given to children after the Chernobyl disaster to prevent thyroid cancer
Potassium iodide
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High probability that a single dose of ___ Gy will induce the formation of cataracts
2
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Responsible for genetic mutations
Mutagens
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Causes of genetic mutations
Radiation-induced damange to DNA Natural spontaneous mutations Resultant genetic disorders or diseases
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Major types of late effects
Carcinogenesis Cataractogenesis Emryologic
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What was the most pronounced health effect observed 10 years following the Chernobyl nuclear accident
Increase in thyroid cancer in children

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