Pediatrics

Question 1

Which of the following cancers would most likely be seen in a child?

Answer 1

Primary brain

Question 2

Children are most likely to develop which type of leukemia?

Answer 2

ALL

Question 3

Ewing sarcomas are cancers of which organ?

Answer 3

Bone

Question 4

Rhabdomyosarcomas are cancers of which organ?

Answer 4

Mesenchymal

Question 5

Successful treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis requires what dose?

Answer 5

400 to 1200 cGy

Question 6

Treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma with radiation therapy is most effective when the cancer is located in the _______________.

Answer 6

Orbit

Question 7

The craniospinal treatment technique is used to treat what specific type of pediatric cancer?

Answer 7

Medulloblastoma

Question 8

Which pediatric cancer is closely associated to nephroblastomatoses?

Answer 8

Wilms’ Tumor

Question 9

Trilateral retinoblastoma includes cancer of which other cranial structure?

Answer 9

Pineal Gland

Question 10

What is the most common presenting symptom of a soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity?

Answer 10

Mass

Question 11

What is the most common intracranial tumor in children?

Answer 11

Astrocytoma

Question 12

Which pediatric cancer has the best overall survival?

Answer 12

HD

Question 13

Which area is least likely to develop rhabdomyosarcoma?

Answer 13

Head and Neck

Question 14

Which pediatric cancer spreads through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?

Answer 14

Medulloblastoma

Question 15

Which pediatric cancer occurs in the sympathetic nervous system ganglia?

Answer 15

Neuroblastoma

Question 16

Which pediatric cancer occurs in the testes and ovaries?

Answer 16

Germ Cell Tumor

Question 17

Wilms’ tumors are cancers of which organ?

Answer 17

Kidney

Question 18

Medulloblastomas typically begin in which area of the brain?

Answer 18

Cerebellum

Question 19

Which pediatric brain tumor often mimics medulloblastomas?

Answer 19

Ependymomas

Question 20

To what dose are medulloblastomas traditionally treated?

Answer 20

5600 cGy

Question 21

The most common pediatric cancer is _________________.

Answer 21

acute leukemia

Question 22

Keloids may be treated by surgical resection and adjuvant radiation therapy to doses of ____________ cGy.

Answer 22

900 to 1200

Question 23

Pituitary adenomas in children that are not successfully managed by surgery and hormonal suppression may be treated with radiation using which of the following?

Answer 23

Multiple-field photons