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| The most frequently seen CNS tumors |
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| lung breast gastrointestinal |
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| Brain mets may come from any primary site within the body including the head/neck, prostate, and melanoma. Name the 3 most common sites that are sources for brain mets. |
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| Brain mets occurs in about ____% of patients with cancer. |
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| what diagnostic procedures are used to evaluate patients for brain mets |
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| name 2 symptoms of brain mets |
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| dexamethasone edema (swelling) |
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| if brain mets is confirmed, the patient should be placed on what drug? Why? |
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| the inability of some chemo drugs crossing the blood brain barrier |
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| Radiation is the treatment of choice over chemo...Why? |
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| supratentorial compartment |
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| 80% of parenchymal mets occur where? |
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| cerebrum (or front of brain) - composed of the right and left hemispheres |
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| where is the supratentorial compartment |
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| T small cell or oat cell lung cancer |
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| T or F some cancers have a greater frequency of brain mets, therefore, the brain is treated prophylactically if T, name 1 |
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| skull dura arachnoid pia parenchymal substance |
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| What are the most common areas for brain mets (5) |
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| headache weakness cognitive or affective disturbance vertigo seizures |
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| The presenting symptoms of brain mets are (5) ? |
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| What is the most frequent symptom of brain mets? |
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| 1 cm flash off skin of top of head |
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| FIELD BORDERS FOR A WHOLE BRAIN FIELD FOR METASTATIC DISEASE: Superior ? |
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| FIELD BORDERS FOR A WHOLE BRAIN FIELD FOR METASTATIC DISEASE: Inferior ? |
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| 1 cm flash off skin of ant portion of the frontal bone |
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| FIELD BORDERS FOR A WHOLE BRAIN FIELD FOR METASTATIC DISEASE: Anterior ? |
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| 1 cm flash off skin of post portion of the occipital bone |
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| FIELD BORDERS FOR A WHOLE BRAIN FIELD FOR METASTATIC DISEASE: Posterior ? |
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| Parallel Opposed Lateral Fields |
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| field borders for a whole brain CLINICAL SETUP: Inferior ? |
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| 3000 cGy in 10 fractions @ midplane |
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| The dose for metastatic disease is ? |
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| 5000 cGy in 5 weeks + boost |
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| The dose for primary disease is ? |
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| Lens of eye: 200 cateracts, 500 blindness Spinal Cord: 4500 |
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| When treating whole brain what are the critical organs + td 5/5's |
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| When treating whole brain what are the side effects |
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| patient survival, brain mets left untreated |
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| patient survival, brain mets patient receives radiation and steroids |
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| most common headrest used |
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| exit beam does not pass through the lens of the opposite eye |
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| what should be checked in regards to exiting beam |
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| what structures are blocked when treating whole brain |
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