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Dose monitoring is required for any personnel whose annual dose from occupational radiation could exceed:

Recommendations for radiation dose limits used in the US are made by:

A patient is given treatment BID with the same dose per fraction as conventional tx , less number of elapsed days and approximately the same total dose.  This type of fractionation schedule is:

Which of the following is TRUE regarding genetically significant dose (GSD)?

Stochastic effects of radiation are characterized best by:

All of the following are acceptable types of personnel dose monitoring devices EXCEPT:

The SI units for equivalent dose are:

In radiation therapy, failure of local control can occur due to: Error in patient setup Excessive margins on tumor volume Non-uniform irradiation of the tumor Error in localization

Therapeutic ratio is utilized in radiation therapy to help determine if a tumor can successfully be eradicated.  It can be calculated by which of the following:

If a tumor is comprised of cells characterized by a high growth fraction and a short cell cycle time, which of the following would most likely describe its behavior prior to and after treatment with a curative dose of radiation?