TherapyHyeonJoo Cheon
24 GENE THERAPY HYEONJOO CHEON Question 1 What is gene therapy? Question 2 What are commonly used viral vectors for gene therapy? What are the pros and cons…
Energy Transfer and Relative Biological EffectivenessYvonne Pham and Chirag Shah
7 LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER AND RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS YVONNE PHAM AND CHIRAG SHAH Question 1 What is the definition of linear energy transfer (LET)? Question 2 What are…
CellsHaidong Huang and Jennifer S. Yu
27 STEM CELLS HAIDONG HUANG AND JENNIFER S. YU Question 1 What are stem cells and what are their roles in the body? Question 2 What are totipotent,…
and Targeted AgentsNikhil Joshi and Neil Woody
25 CHEMOTHERAPY AND TARGETED AGENTS NIKHIL JOSHI AND NEIL WOODY Question 1 What are the broad classifications of chemotherapy agents? Question 2 How is emetogenecity of chemotherapy classified…
Radiation Therapy ModalitiesSusan Kost and Andrew Godley
22 ALTERNATIVE RADIATION THERAPY MODALITIES SUSAN KOST AND ANDREW GODLEY Question 1 What types of alternative radiation therapies (RTs) use high linear energy transfer (LET) sources? Question 2…
of Radiation on the Embryo and FetusYvonne Pham and Steven Oh
19 EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON THE EMBRYO AND FETUS YVONNE PHAM AND STEVEN OH Question 1 What are some effects that radiation can have on a developing embryo…
of Radiation on Hereditary Damage, Mutations, and Chromosome AberrationsCamille Berriochoa, C. Marc Leyrer, and Anthony Mastroianni
18 EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON HEREDITARY DAMAGE, MUTATIONS, AND CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS CAMILLE BERRIOCHOA, C. MARC LEYRER, AND ANTHONY MASTROIANNI Question 1 Why might a male who has received…
CarcinogenesisBindu V. Manyam and Michael A. Weller
17 RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS BINDU V. MANYAM AND MICHAEL A. WELLER Question 1 What is the threshold dose? Question 2 What is a deterministic effect? Question 3 What is…
Sensitizers, Radioprotectors, and Bioreductive DrugsAditya Juloori and Michael A. Weller
16 RADIATION SENSITIZERS, RADIOPROTECTORS, AND BIOREDUCTIVE DRUGS ADITYA JULOORI AND MICHAEL A. WELLER Question 1 What is the mechanism by which antiangiogenesis agents increase radiosensitivity? Question 2 What…
of Total Body IrradiationSudha Amarnath
15 EFFECTS OF TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION SUDHA AMARNATH Question 1 What is acute radiation syndrome (ARS)? Question 2 What are the various forms of acute radiation syndrome (ARS)?…
