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Tumors often have hypoxic (low oxygen) regions that are an
obstacle to radiation therapy treatment. Oxygen is required for radiation
therapy to eradicate cancer cells to ensure the damage to DNA caused by
radiation is permanent. Hypoxic cells are radioresistant because in the absence
of oxygen, the cells can repair themselves. There are multiple methods used to
overcome this problem, including dose painting where low oxygen regions are
identified with positron emission tomography and targeted.
This quiz is the companion to the short report, "Oxygen as a Radiosensitizer and its Use to Overcome Hypoxia During External-Beam Radiotherapy", which appears in the Fall 2022 Radiation Therapist journal.
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Online version of Radiologic Technology