RADIATION THERAPY MAIN EXMINATION SET 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Photon Radiation is - ✔✔A high-energy photon beam is by far the most common
form of radiation used for cancer treatment. It is the same type of radiation that is used
in x-ray machines, and comes from a radioactive source such as cobalt, cesium, or a
machine called a linear accelerator (linac, for short).
Photon beams of energy affect the cells along their path as they go through the body to
get to the cancer, pass through the cancer, and then exit the body.
✔✔Particle Radiation are - ✔✔-Electron beams or particle beams are also produced by
a linear accelerator. Electrons are negatively charged parts of atoms. They have a low
energy level and don't penetrate deeply into the body, so this type of radiation is used
most often to treat the skin, as well as tumors and lymph nodes that are close to the
surface of the body.
-Proton beams are a form of particle beam radiation. Protons are positively charged
parts of atoms. They release their energy only after traveling a certain distance and
cause little damage to the tissues they pass through. This makes them very good at
killing cells at the end of their path. So, proton beams are thought to be able to deliver
more radiation to the cancer while doing less damage to nearby normal tissue
✔✔Superficial Radiation Therapy - ✔✔Superficial Radiotherapy, a low-energy
radiotherapy that penetrates only a short distance below the surface of the skin, is a
highly effective, painless, and cosmetically attractive alternative to surgery for selected
cancers and patients.
✔✔What do radiation therapists often treat? - ✔✔Brain
Breast
Melanoma / Skin
Rectal / Pelvis
Lung
Prostate
Cervical / Gyn
✔✔What happens before the first day of patient treatment? - ✔✔Phone call to make
appointment
Gathering of records
Initial nursing assessment
Radiation Oncologist
Surgeon
Medical Oncologist
Simulation
✔✔What happens on xrt day 1? - ✔✔First day of treatment
, Small tour
Films
Tattoos
Daily appointment schedule
✔✔What happens after day 1 of treatment? - ✔✔Weekly visit...
Doctor
Nurse
Nutritionist
✔✔As a radiation therapist I must complete patient treatment charts to include part 1: -
✔✔Patient History and Physical (H&P)
Patient Signed Consent Form
Nursing Assessment
Insurance Information
HIPPA release form
Pathology Report
Patient contact information (cell phone number)
✔✔As a radiation therapist I must complete patient treatment charts to include part 2: -
✔✔Radiation Therapy Prescription
Daily dose, Total dose, When to change plan
Bolus, how often to treat ie daily, BID...
Set up Instructions
Radiation Therapy Treatment Plan
Dose Tracking for critical structures
Treatment Plan Quality assurance plan (map check, phantom plan)
✔✔Code of Ethics for radiation therapists purpose is to: - ✔✔advance the principal
objective of the profession to provide services to humanity with full respect for the
dignity of mankind.
✔✔The radiation therapist assesses: - ✔✔situations, exercises care, discretion and
judgement; assumes responsibility for professional decisions and acts in the best
interest of the patient.
✔✔The radiation therapist adheres to - ✔✔tenets and domains of the scope of practice
for radiation therapists.
✔✔The radiation therapist actively engages in (ethics) - ✔✔lifelong learning to maintain,
improve and enhance professionalism competence and knowledge.
✔✔The practice of radiation therapy is performed by health care professionals
responsible for the administration of - ✔✔ionizing radiation for the purpose of treating
diseases, primarily cancer.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Photon Radiation is - ✔✔A high-energy photon beam is by far the most common
form of radiation used for cancer treatment. It is the same type of radiation that is used
in x-ray machines, and comes from a radioactive source such as cobalt, cesium, or a
machine called a linear accelerator (linac, for short).
Photon beams of energy affect the cells along their path as they go through the body to
get to the cancer, pass through the cancer, and then exit the body.
✔✔Particle Radiation are - ✔✔-Electron beams or particle beams are also produced by
a linear accelerator. Electrons are negatively charged parts of atoms. They have a low
energy level and don't penetrate deeply into the body, so this type of radiation is used
most often to treat the skin, as well as tumors and lymph nodes that are close to the
surface of the body.
-Proton beams are a form of particle beam radiation. Protons are positively charged
parts of atoms. They release their energy only after traveling a certain distance and
cause little damage to the tissues they pass through. This makes them very good at
killing cells at the end of their path. So, proton beams are thought to be able to deliver
more radiation to the cancer while doing less damage to nearby normal tissue
✔✔Superficial Radiation Therapy - ✔✔Superficial Radiotherapy, a low-energy
radiotherapy that penetrates only a short distance below the surface of the skin, is a
highly effective, painless, and cosmetically attractive alternative to surgery for selected
cancers and patients.
✔✔What do radiation therapists often treat? - ✔✔Brain
Breast
Melanoma / Skin
Rectal / Pelvis
Lung
Prostate
Cervical / Gyn
✔✔What happens before the first day of patient treatment? - ✔✔Phone call to make
appointment
Gathering of records
Initial nursing assessment
Radiation Oncologist
Surgeon
Medical Oncologist
Simulation
✔✔What happens on xrt day 1? - ✔✔First day of treatment
, Small tour
Films
Tattoos
Daily appointment schedule
✔✔What happens after day 1 of treatment? - ✔✔Weekly visit...
Doctor
Nurse
Nutritionist
✔✔As a radiation therapist I must complete patient treatment charts to include part 1: -
✔✔Patient History and Physical (H&P)
Patient Signed Consent Form
Nursing Assessment
Insurance Information
HIPPA release form
Pathology Report
Patient contact information (cell phone number)
✔✔As a radiation therapist I must complete patient treatment charts to include part 2: -
✔✔Radiation Therapy Prescription
Daily dose, Total dose, When to change plan
Bolus, how often to treat ie daily, BID...
Set up Instructions
Radiation Therapy Treatment Plan
Dose Tracking for critical structures
Treatment Plan Quality assurance plan (map check, phantom plan)
✔✔Code of Ethics for radiation therapists purpose is to: - ✔✔advance the principal
objective of the profession to provide services to humanity with full respect for the
dignity of mankind.
✔✔The radiation therapist assesses: - ✔✔situations, exercises care, discretion and
judgement; assumes responsibility for professional decisions and acts in the best
interest of the patient.
✔✔The radiation therapist adheres to - ✔✔tenets and domains of the scope of practice
for radiation therapists.
✔✔The radiation therapist actively engages in (ethics) - ✔✔lifelong learning to maintain,
improve and enhance professionalism competence and knowledge.
✔✔The practice of radiation therapy is performed by health care professionals
responsible for the administration of - ✔✔ionizing radiation for the purpose of treating
diseases, primarily cancer.
