Chapter 6: Lange Mammography Practice Test 1 Already Passed

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Chapter 6: Lange Mammography Practice Test 1 Already Passed Radiation therapy is a treatment that utilizes (A) drugs to treat cancer that may have spread (B) high-energy radiation to destroy cance... r cells (C) radioactive tracers to track the path of cancer to the lymph nodes (D) potent pain medication to treat the severe pain from cancer ✔✔B Between ages 20 and 30 years, an asympto- matic woman should be undergoing mammo- graphy every (A) year (B) 2 years (C) 3 years (D) none of the above ✔✔D Medical history may include questions on hormone use because (A) treatment with synthetic hormones, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT), will always cause breast cancer (B) the use of reproductive hormones can increase risk factors for breast cancer (C) family history of hormone use predis- poses a woman to cancer (D) personal history of hormone use decreases a woman's risk for breast cancer ✔✔B In imaging implants, some of the projections taken will include an image of the implant. In these projections, compression is used (A) to allow a uniform tissue density (B) for immobilization only (C) to separate the breast tissue (D) to separate and spread out the implant ✔✔B The glandular dose is a measure of (A) the radiation dose to the skin of the breast (B) the dose to the radiosensitive cells of the breast (C) the significant background dose recorded in the US (D) the radiation dose to the gonads ✔✔B In digital imaging, "high detective quantum efficiency" means that (A) the system is more efficient in convert- ing input x-ray signals and/or the system needs higher exposure factors to create an image (B) the system needs higher exposure factors to create an image and/or the system has a high fill factor on the TFT array (C) the system is more efficient in con [Show More]

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