Question 1: Because cancer cells generally are undifferentiated and ________-like, they reproduce more, and have a diminished ability to repair sub-lethal damage compared to most healthy differentiated cells. | |||
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Question 2: ________ and melanoma are generally considered to be radioresistant. | |||
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Question 3: Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy and Tamoxifen are all:
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Question 4: It is used as ________ (where cure is not possible and the aim is for local disease control or symptomatic relief) or as therapeutic treatment (where the therapy has survival benefit and it can be curative). | |||
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Question 5: Particle therapy is a special case of external beam radiotherapy where the particles are protons or heavier ________. | |||
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Question 6: Brand names for these treatments include Axesse, ________, Gamma Knife, Novalis, Primatom, Synergy, X-Knife, TomoTherapy and Trilogy. | |||
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Question 7: Historically, the three main divisions of radiotherapy are external beam radiotherapy (EBRT or XBRT) or teletherapy, ________ or sealed source radiotherapy, and systemic radioisotope therapy or unsealed source radiotherapy. | |||
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Question 8: Radiation therapy, Ionizing radiation and Radiation poisoning are all:
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Question 9: In 2002, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin), which is an anti-________ monoclonal antibody conjugated to yttrium-90. | |||
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Question 10: It is also common to combine radiotherapy with surgery, ________, hormone therapy or some mixture of the three. | |||
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