Pediatrics Flashcards
Which of the following cancers would most likely be seen in a child?
Primary brain
Children are most likely to develop which type of leukemia?
ALL
Ewing sarcomas are cancers of which organ?
Bone
Rhabdomyosarcomas are cancers of which organ?
Mesenchymal
Successful treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis requires what dose?
400 to 1200 cGy
Treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma with radiation therapy is most effective when the cancer is located in the _______________.
Orbit
The craniospinal treatment technique is used to treat what specific type of pediatric cancer?
Medulloblastoma
Which pediatric cancer is closely associated to nephroblastomatoses?
Wilms’ Tumor
Trilateral retinoblastoma includes cancer of which other cranial structure?
Pineal Gland
What is the most common presenting symptom of a soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity?
Mass
What is the most common intracranial tumor in children?
Astrocytoma
Which pediatric cancer has the best overall survival?
HD
Which area is least likely to develop rhabdomyosarcoma?
Head and Neck
Which pediatric cancer spreads through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
Medulloblastoma
Which pediatric cancer occurs in the sympathetic nervous system ganglia?
Neuroblastoma
Which pediatric cancer occurs in the testes and ovaries?
Germ Cell Tumor
Wilms’ tumors are cancers of which organ?
Kidney
Medulloblastomas typically begin in which area of the brain?
Cerebellum
Which pediatric brain tumor often mimics medulloblastomas?
Ependymomas
To what dose are medulloblastomas traditionally treated?
5600 cGy
The most common pediatric cancer is _________________.
acute leukemia
Keloids may be treated by surgical resection and adjuvant radiation therapy to doses of ____________ cGy.
900 to 1200
Pituitary adenomas in children that are not successfully managed by surgery and hormonal suppression may be treated with radiation using which of the following?
Multiple-field photons
