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radiobiology chpt 36

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what are late effects of radiation based on   low doses delivered over long periods of time  
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what are radiation protection guidelines based on   late effects of radiation  
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how must epidemiologic studies be conducted to study effects of low dose radiation   with millions of people  
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what effect was was caused by high doses in the early practices of radiology that caused callused, cracked and discolored skin on hands and forearms of radiologists   radiodermatitis  
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what type of stem cells are damaged by radiation   lymphatic  
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how long can effects be delayed in peripheral lymphocytes   20 years  
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what responses are damage to circulating lymphocytes   early or late  
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low doses of radiation have been proven to cause what?   chromosome damage  
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what can be caused as a late effect of irradiation of blood forming organs   leukemia  
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what is used principally to produce radionuclides for usen in nuclear medicine   cyclotron  
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where are the largest particle accelerators in the world located   Argonne Nat'l Laboratory (USA) and CERN (Switzerland)  
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What type of problem did early cyclotron physicist have and why   cataracts due to looking directly into beam and high exposure  
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where do cataracts occur   posterior pole of the eye lens  
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what type of dose response are cataracts   non linear threshold (200 rads)  
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what type of CT machine is it common to modify exam to reduce eye dose   2D ( not needed for 3D)  
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What is the life shortening span for every rad   10 days ( worst case)  
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what is the life shortening span for radiation workers   12 days (worst case)  
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formula for relative risk   observed cases/expected cases  
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what is the theory of radiation hormesis   that very small doses of radiation are good for us (below 10 rads)  
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What is the only theory we practice   ALARA  
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relative risk factor of 1 indicates what   no risk at all  
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relative risk factor of 1.5 indicates what   frequency of late response is 50% higher in the irradiated population  
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When can absolute risk be calculated   when 2 dose levels are known  
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who/what determines the absolute risk of radiation-induced malignant disease   NAS-BEIR  
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What is the value of absolute risk   5x10^-4rem^-1  
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what type of responses are all radiation induced malignancy   stochastic  
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what is stochastic   no threshold even the smallest dose can cause an effect  
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how have radiation induced malignancy been observed   experimental animals (at human level they have been observed but insufficiet data)  
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what type of dose respone is leukemia   linear and non threshold  
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what groups have exhibited an elevated incidence of leukemia after radiation exposure   atomic bomb survivors, American radiologists, radiotherapy pt, and children irradiated in utero  
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where have we accumulated the most info for radiation induced leukemia   Atomic bomb survivors (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)  
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How much greater was the leukemia incidences for Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors   100 times  
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what is the latent period for radiation induced leukemia   4 to 7 years  
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what is the risk period for radiation induced leukemia   20 years  
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What year was the incidence of leukemia high in radiologist and why   1940; no protection and received doses over 100 rad per year  
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What were pt with ankylosing spondylitis treated with and what problems did it cause   radiation helped pt to walk and function better but it was not known that it caused leukemia  
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why is it impossible to link cancer to radiation   because it occurs in high proportions of the population  
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what is known to cause thyroid cancer   doses of radiation to the thymus as children  
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what occupation was known to cause bone cancer   watch dial painters  
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what occupation was known to cause lung cancer   German miners exposed to radon  
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Skin cancer has what type of dose response   threshold  
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what caused liver cancer   thorotrast used for angiography between 1925 and 1945  
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how many additional deaths are predicted to occur because of Three Mile Island   2  
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What is the BEIR   Biological effects of Ionizing Radiation  
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What effect does chronic low doses have on fertility   none  
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what is the most radiosensitive period in pregnancy   1st trimster  
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what period is of the least concern in pregnancy   first 2 weeks ( response is all or nothing)  
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what is the risk of childhood leukemia after exposure in utero   1.5  
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Why do we know the genetic effects on humans   mice and fruit fly studies  
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what is doubling dose   dose that produces twice the genetic mutations than with non irradiation  
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what are the abnormalities associated with radiation in utero   mental retardation and microcephaly (small head)  
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cancer is what type of effect of radiation exposure   late  
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what is the risk for skin cancer   4:1  
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what is the latent period for skin cancer   5 to 10 years  
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