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Radiobiology 1 Flashcards

1
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What does radiology stand for?

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Field of clinical and basic medical sciences

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2
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What are characteristics of cancer cells?

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  • Large number of dividing cells
  • Large, variable shaped nuclei
  • Small cytoplasmic volume relative to nuclei
  • Variation in cell size and shape

-Loss of normal specialised cells
Disorganised arrangement

-Poorly defined tumour boundary

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3
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What are the two types of radiation?

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Direct

Indirect

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4
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What are the types of cell cycle?

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G1-growth
S-DNA synthesis
G2-growth and preparation for mitosis
M-Mitosis

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5
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What cell cycles are radioresistant?

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S-phase and G1(open structure)

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6
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What does plating efficiency mean?

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The percentage of cells seeded that grow into colonies

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7
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What is the surviving fraction?

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estimates survival are obtained for a range of doses (Doesn’t distinguish mode of death)

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8
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What does a cell survival curve?

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Count of surviving of cells following irradiation at discrete intervals of dose

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9
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What are low-linear transfer?

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X-rays, gamma rays

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10
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What are high LET?

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Alpha, Beta particles

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11
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What are the two cell survival curves?

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Linear quadratic model

Multivariate model

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12
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What are the radiation variables of the cell survival curve?

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Particle size
Particle charge
Dose rate
Low or high LET

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13
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What are the tissue variables of the cell survival curve?

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Mitotic Rate
Cell cycle phase
Oxygenation

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14
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What are the components of cell killing?

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One proportional to dose (alpha) single radiation track

One proportional to the square of the dose (Beta) 2 track

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15
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What does the LQ model dsplay?

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Cell kill both for tumour control and normal tissue complications

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16
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Whats the rule for surviving fraction?

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SF=e-^(alphaD *+BD^2)

17
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What happens at low doses?

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two chromosomes breaks are the consequence of single electron (Linear)

18
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What happens at high doses?

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two chromosome breaks are a consequence of two electrons (Quadratic)

19
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What does the alpha/ beta ratio mean?

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where linear and quadratic components are equal

Theoretical measure of a tissue’s predicted response to a dose of radiation

20
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What does a high alpha/beta ratio (10)?

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  • tumour response is less dependent on the radiation (most tumours)
  • early responding tissue
21
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What does a low alpha/beta ratio (3)?

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Large dose of radiation is required to provide improved efficacy in terms of tumour control
-Late responding tissues

22
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What are single and multi hits?

A

alpha and beta

23
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What are more radioresistant SCC or sarcoma cells?

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SCC

24
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What does BED mean?

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Means of comparing the effectiveness of different treatment regimens

25
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What is the BED equation?

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E/A=(nd) (1+d/a/b)

26
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What are the benefits of Fractionation?

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  • Allows for sublethal repair of normal tissue
  • increases damage due to reoxygenation and reassortment of cells into radiosensitive phase
  • Excessive prolongation leads to cell proliferation
27
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What are the 5Rs of radiobiology?

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Repair of sublethal damage

  • Reoxygenation of hypoxic tissue
  • Redistribution or reassortment
  • Repopulation or regeneration
  • Radiosensitivity ( Intrinsic)
28
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What are the three types of damage?

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Lethal damage
Sublethal damage
Potentially Lethal damage

29
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How do normal tissues repair?

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repair pathways
Cell cycle arrest

In normal p53 is inactivated by mdm2

30
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Do malignant cells repair?

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No

often through mutation or inhibition of TP53 prevents repair

31
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What are the reassortment phase?

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When a small dose is delivered over a short period

cells will cycle through to more radiosenstive phases.

32
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What is repopulation phase?

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Following irradiation some cells will exhibit increased cell division (quicker in NT)

33
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What is the reoxygenation phase?

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Allow enough time to reoxygenise.

34
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What is radiosensitivity?

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Different radiosensitivity in different cells

radiosensitivity (gametes)
radioresistant( melanoma and sarcoma)

35
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Is a high OER desirable?

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Yes makes cells more sensitive to cell damage

36
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What is OER?

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Hypoxic/Aerated

37
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What is the oxygen fixation hypothesis?

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Damage produced by free radicals in DNA can be repaired but may be fixed “irreparable” if molecular oxygen is available
(Forms an organic peroxide non restorable for target material)

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