Signs and symptoms of a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) include: Numbness or weakness of the face or extremities, especially on one side of the body Confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Hypoglycemia Difficulty seeing in one or both eyes

When treating a patient for metastatic disease to the spine with a conventional fractionated single-field beam in which only one vertebral body is affected, what is the minimum number of vertebral bodies that need to be included in the treatment field?

While reviewing, you notice the team forgot to label the plan, after reviewing how would you expect it to be labeled? [a] [b] [c]

Which of the following is a landmark commonly used establish the match line between the supraclavicular field and tangent fields for a breast treatment?

What is not a parameter verified by all record and verify software systems?

A patient is being simulated for prone craniospinal treatment.  The upper spine field size is 6 x 38 at 100 SSD with the gantry and collimator at 0.  The lower spine field is 12 x 24 at 100 SSD with the gantry and collimator at 0.  The field size for the brain is 15 x 22 with a separation of 18cm: Calculate the skin gap if you want the spinal fields to intersect at a depth of 6 cm.

Electrons lose energy when passing through matter by: Production of Bremsstrahlung. Photoelectric interactions. Collisions with other electrons. Production of delta rays.

You are treating a patient that has been diagnosed with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. The patient’s vitals are as followed: Temp: 98.9 F, Blood Pressure: 119/76, Respirations per min 23, Pulse per min 94.                                     The patient would be considered?

In the simulation order, it states that the Attending is requesting “MAR”. What does that stand for?

The next patient was diagnosed with mycosis fungoides, the patient has 7 lesions. What precautions in addition to standard precautions should you take for this patient?