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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)?…
14 IMPACT OF TIME, DOSE, AND FRACTIONATION IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY DAESUNG LEE Question 1 Biological effects of radiation on tissues depend on total dose, number of fractions, fraction…
