MEDICAL DOSIMETRY UPDATED FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

MEDICAL DOSIMETRY UPDATED FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Members of radiation oncology team - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. oncologist

2. Medical Physicist

3.Medical Dosimetrist

4. Oncology Nurse

5. Radiation Therapist

6. Social Workers

7. Pharmacist

8. Rehabilitation Specialists



external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) - CORRECT ANSWERS External beam radiation
therapy comes from a machine that aims radiation at your cancer. It is a local treatment, which
means it treats a specif. The treatment is delivered in multiple sessions, often over several
weeksic part of your body



Brachy Therapy - CORRECT ANSWERS Brachytherapy is a type of internal radiation therapy
in which seeds, ribbons, or capsules that contain a radiation source are placed in your body, in
or near the tumor. Brachytherapy is a local treatment and treats only a specific part of your
body. It is often used to treat cancers of the head and neck, breast, cervix, prostate, and eye.



Photons - CORRECT ANSWERS A type of radiation therapy that uses x-rays or gamma rays
that come from a special machine called a linear accelerator (linac). The radiation dose is
delivered at the surface of the body and goes into the tumor and through the body



Protons - CORRECT ANSWERS a radiation treatment that precisely delivers a beam of
protons to disrupt and destroy tumor cells. Compared with traditional radiation, protons have