Misc Test 2

Question 1

What is cancer in situ?

Answer 1

Early cancer, that has not yet become invasive

Question 2

Most common cancer for men and women is ____.

Answer 2

Lung

Question 3

Initial tumor growth is ___, until it _____.

Answer 3

exponential, outgrows it’s blood and nutrient supply

Question 4

Blood and lymph are ___ tissue, but the cancer arising from them is called ____, and ____, respectively.

Answer 4

mesenchymal, leukemia, lymphoma

Question 5

Most cells are in what phase of the cell cycle?

Why is this phase not depicted in the cell cycle diagram?

Answer 5

G0

During G0, the cell is not preparing for DNA replication.

Question 6

3 most common cancers for men:

Answer 6

prostate, lung, colorectal

Question 7

3 most common cancers for women:

Answer 7

breast, lung, colorectal

Question 8

Dose tolerance for kidney?

Answer 8

2300 cGy

Question 9

Dose tolerance for femoral head?

Answer 9

5200 cGy

Question 10

Dose tolerance for spinal chord?

Answer 10

4700 cGy

Question 11

Dose tolerance for lens of eye?

Answer 11

1000 cGy

Question 12

Dose of radiation that is expected to produce a 5% complication rate within 5 years.

Answer 12

TD5/5

Question 13

Dose of radiation that is expected to produce a 50% complication rate within 5 years.

Answer 13

TD50/5

Question 14

2 procedures used for biopsy that can risk cancer spread by seeding?

Answer 14

Incisional biopsy

Fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Question 15

5 things included in an XRT Rx:

Answer 15

Total dose
Dose per fraction
# of fractions
Energy
Depth