Radiation Therapy Quiz
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Which of the following is a duty of social workers?

  • Helping patients cope (correct)
  • Monitoring patients' weight
  • Arranging for home health care
  • Providing patients with nutritional supplements

    • Which healthcare professional may help arrange for home health care?

  • Dietician
  • Social worker (correct)
  • Psychologist
  • Patient

    • What do dieticians do to help patients?

  • Help patients cope
  • Educate patients (correct)
  • Monitor patients' weight
  • Arrange for home health care

    • What do dieticians provide to improve patients' nutritional status?

    <p>Nutritional supplements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a duty of social workers that is not mentioned for dieticians?

    <p>Helping patients cope</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional monitors patients' weight?

    <p>Dietician</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do social workers help patients and family members with?

    <p>Helping patients cope</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do social workers and dieticians have in common?

    <p>Educating patients</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional provides patients with nutritional supplements?

    <p>Dietician</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do social workers do that is not mentioned for dieticians?

    <p>Helping patients cope</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of radiation is commonly used in photon therapy?

    <p>Gamma rays</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main effect of radiation in photon therapy?

    <p>Formation of free radicals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the typical duration of most radical treatments in photon therapy?

    <p>4-6 weeks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the total dose of radiation typically delivered in most radical treatments?

    <p>60-80 Gy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some common treatments that can be combined with radiation therapy?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the typical dose of radiation given in a single fraction of palliative treatment?

    <p>8-10 Gy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the advantage of radiotherapy in terms of organ preservation?

    <p>Allows for loco-regional treatment without direct removal of organs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main duty of a radiation oncologist?

    <p>Develop and prescribe treatment plans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main duty of a medical dosimetrist?

    <p>Calculate the dose of radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of radiation used in radiation therapy?

    <p>Alpha particles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a source of radiation used in radiation therapy?

    <p>Alpha particles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a mode of nuclear decay?

    <p>Particles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of X-ray energy used in medicine?

    <p>20 to 150 keV</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of radiotherapy?

    <p>The medical use of ionizing radiation to control or kill malignant cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the technique of radiation therapy involve?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the goals of radiation therapy?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two ways in which radiation therapy damages cancerous cells?

    <p>Direct ionization of DNA and indirect ionization of water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of radiation therapy?

    <p>Orthovoltage X-rays</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mechanism of radiation therapy?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional is responsible for monitoring patients' weight and nutritional problems?

    <p>Dietician</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common duty of social workers that is not mentioned for dieticians?

    <p>Arranging for home health care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a type of radiation therapy?

    <p>Megavoltage x-rays</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the goals of radiation therapy?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does radiation therapy damage cancerous cells?

    <p>By indirect ionization through the ionization of water</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional works directly with the radiation oncologist in the treatment planning and delivery?

    <p>Medical Radiation Physicists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional administers the daily radiation treatment under the radiation oncologist’s prescription and supervision?

    <p>Radiation Therapist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional carefully calculates the dose of radiation to make sure the tumor gets enough radiation and develops treatment plans to spare the normal tissues?

    <p>Medical Dosimetrist</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which healthcare professional helps evaluate the patient before treatment begins and may talk to the patient about potential side effects and their management?

    <p>Radiation Oncology Nurses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy is the medical use of ionizing radiation to control or kill malignant cells directly or indirectly.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Superficial X-rays have an energy range of 35 to 60 keV.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Brachytherapy is a type of internal irradiation in radiation therapy.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy can cause damage to DNA and other cellular structures.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Most radical treatments are given over 4-6 weeks.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Palliative radiotherapy is given over a shorter period of time with a lower overall dose.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy can be used alone or in combination with other treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Social workers may provide practical help and counseling to patients or members of their families.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Dieticians monitor patients' weight and nutritional problems.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Social workers help arrange for home health care and other services.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy only uses photons beams for treatment.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Superficial X-rays have a higher energy range than Megavoltage X-rays.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy works by directly ionizing the water molecules in cancerous cells.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy can cause damage to DNA and other cellular structures?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Palliative radiotherapy is given over a shorter period of time with a lower overall dose?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Most radical treatments are given over 4-6 weeks?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Superficial X-rays have an energy range of 35 to 60 keV?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Social workers provide practical help and counseling to patients or members of their families?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Dieticians monitor patients' weight and nutritional problems?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Radiation therapy can be used alone or in combination with other treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following professionals with their primary duties:

    <p>Social Workers = Help a patient and family members cope, arrange for home health care and other services Dieticians = Monitor patients' weight and nutritional problems, educate patients, provide patients with nutritional supplements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following duties to the corresponding professional:

    <p>Help a patient and family members cope = Social Workers Monitor patients' weight and nutritional problems = Dieticians Educate patients = Dieticians Arrange for home health care and other services = Social Workers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following professionals to their duties related to patient care:

    <p>Social Workers = Provide practical help and counseling to patients or members of their families Dieticians = Work with patients to help maintain nutrition, provide patients with nutritional supplements to improve their nutritional status before, during and after treatment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the types of X-ray energies used in medicine with their energy range:

    <p>Superficial X-rays = 35 to 60 keV Diagnostic X-rays = 20 to 150 keV Orthovoltage X-rays = 200 to 500 keV Megavoltage X-rays = 1 to 25 MeV</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following types of radiation therapy with their descriptions:

    <p>External beam (Teletherapy) = Radiation is given from a machine outside the body Internal irradiation (Brachytherapy) = Radiation is given from a source placed inside the body Intracavitary = A type of brachytherapy where the source is placed in a body cavity Interstitial = A type of brachytherapy where the source is placed in tissue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the goals of radiation therapy with their descriptions:

    <p>Radical treatment = Aims to cure the patient by completely eradicating the tumor Palliative treatment = Aims to relieve symptoms without curing the disease Adjuvant therapy = Given after the primary treatment to increase the chances of a cure Enhancing the chance of operation = Given before surgery to shrink the tumor and make it easier to remove</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following types of cancer with their radiosensitivity:

    <p>Lymphomas = Radiosensitive Melanoma = Radioresistant Sarcomas = Radioresistant Small cell carcinomas = Radiosensitive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following professionals with their duties in radiotherapy:

    <p>Radiation Oncologist = They develop and prescribe each cancer patient's treatment plan Medical Radiation Physicists = They are responsible for making sure the equipment works properly Radiation Therapist = They administer the daily radiation treatment under the radiation oncologist’s prescription and supervision Medical Dosimetrist = They carefully calculate the dose of radiation to make sure the tumour gets enough radiation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following types of radiotherapy treatment with their typical fraction sizes and overall doses:

    <p>Radical radiotherapy = 1.8 – 2 Gray fractions to a total dose of 55 - 74Gy Palliative radiotherapy (single fraction) = 8-10 Gy Palliative radiotherapy (short fraction) = 20 Gray /5 fractions or 30Gy /10 fractions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following types of treatment with their use in radiotherapy:

    <p>Surgery = Combined with radiotherapy for optimal treatment Chemotherapy = Combined with radiotherapy for optimal treatment Immunotherapy = Combined with radiotherapy for optimal treatment Photon Therapy = Most of the radiation effect is through free radicals</p> Signup and view all the answers

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