2018 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Novel Molecular Imaging Techniques to Personalize Cancer Treatment
Question 1: Which of the following radiopharmaceuticals would be best matched to a drug targeted to cell cycle inhibitors?
Reference:Farwell MD, Clark AS, Mankoff DA. How Imaging Biomarkers Can Inform Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice in the Era of Targeted Cancer Therapy. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Jul;1(4):421-2.
Choice A:18F-fluorodexoyglucose (FDG)
Choice B:18F-fluorothymidine (FLT)
Choice C:18F-fluoroestradiol (FES)
Choice D:18F-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO)
Question 2: Which of the following is an example of an integral imaging biomarker?
Reference:Mankoff DA, Pryma DA, Clark AS. Molecular imaging biomarkers for oncology clinical trials. J Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;55(4):525-8.
Choice A:Comparing the change in FDG uptake with systemic treatment to therapeutic response measured by CT.
Choice B:Comparing the change in FDG uptake with systemic treatment to overall survival.
Choice C:Using the location of the lesion determined by FDG PET/CT to direct locoregional therapy.
Choice D:Comparing the location of the lesion determined by FDG PET/CT to the response to locoregional therapy.
Question 3: Which molecular imaging (MI) tool(s) can be used to improve the treatment outcome in radiation oncology?
Reference:Munley MT, Kagadis GC, McGee KP, Kirov AS, Jang S, Mutic S, Jeraj R, Xing L, Bourland JD. An introduction to molecular imaging in radiation oncology: a report by the AAPM Working Group on Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology (WGMIR). Medical physics 2013 Oct;40(10):101501.
Choice A:PET.
Choice B:X-ray CT.
Choice C:MRI.
Choice D:Ultrasound.
Choice E:Optical systems.
Choice F:All the above.
Question 4: Which MI tool(s) can provide the information on the cell proliferation capacity of tumor?
Reference:Munley MT, Kagadis GC, McGee KP, Kirov AS, Jang S, Mutic S, Jeraj R, Xing L, Bourland JD. An introduction to molecular imaging in radiation oncology: a report by the AAPM Working Group on Molecular Imaging in Radiation Oncology (WGMIR). Medical physics 2013 Oct;40(10):101501.
Choice A:FGD PET
Choice B:FLT PET
Choice C:DCE MRI
Choice D:fMRI
Choice E:Spectral CT
Question 5: The proportion of women who undergo breast conservation surgery and have positive surgical margins is
Reference:Moran MS, Schnitt SJ, Giuliano AE, et al. Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with wholebreast irradiation in stages I and II invasive breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014;21(3):704–16.
Choice A:10%
Choice B:25%
Choice C:40%
Choice D:50%
Question 6: Which of the following factors does not influence uptake of the fluorescent dye Indocyanine green (ICG) in breast cancers:
Reference:Mondal SB, Gao S, Zhu N, et al. Optical see-through cancer vision goggles enable direct patient visualization and real-time flurescence-guided oncologic surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017;24(7)1897-1903
Choice A:ICG has an active cancer-targeting mechanism
Choice B:ICG passively accumulates in tumors because of distorted vasculature
Choice C:ICG binds to blood proteins in the tumor environment
Choice D:ICG distribution and drainage is improved with breast massage after injection
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