List of practice Questions

Discuss the factors influencing the biological effect of a given dose of radiation.
Describe various routes and dosing schedules for paclitaxel in gynecological cancers.
Describe common toxicities of taxane agents and how to prevent and treat them.
Evidence for immunotherapy in cervical cancer.
How will you select a patient of cervical cancer for immunotherapy?
Role of anti-angiogenic agents in cervical cancer.
Describe key clinical trials of maintenance PARP inhibitor therapy in ovarian cancer in primary setting.
Describe evidence for use of PARP inhibitor in the management of patient with BRCAwt/HRD positive with recurrent high grade serous ovarian cancer.
What are the common toxicities of PARPi and how to manage them?
Discuss the application of cryoablation in soft tissue tumors.
Discuss the adverse events associated with cryoablation, their management and methods to prevent them.
Enumerate indications for intra-arterial chemotherapy in the management of retinoblastoma.
Enumerate the pharmacological agents (with dosage) used in intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma.
Discuss the technique and complications of intra-arterial chemotherapy in retinoblastoma.
Explain the different types of fractionation regimens with clinical application of each.
Describe the mechanism of action of radiation sensitizers with an applied example.
Briefly describe the advantages of image guided adaptive brachytherapy over the traditional 2D film-based brachytherapy.
Mechanism of action of taxane.
Discuss patient selection criteria and pre-procedure workup for carotid stenting.
Enumerate the differences between open cell and closed cell design carotid stents.
Discuss the deployment and retrieval mechanism of any one type of distal embolic protection device used in carotid stenting.
Discuss the natural history of brain arteriovenous malformations.
Describe in details the angioarchitecture evaluation while planning treatment in a case of brain arteriovenous malformation.
Describe complications during embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations with ethylene vinyl hydroxide (EVOH) liquid embolic agents.
Classify the types of Vein of Galen malformation and describe the natural history of disease.