Quiz: Surgery vs. Radiation: How Doctors Choose

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1. Q1.What do surgery and radiation have in common?

   ABoth are local treatments that focus on one area rather than the whole bodyBBoth remove the tumor in an operationCBoth are drugs given by mouthDBoth treat the entire body at once

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2. Q2.How does radiation therapy work?

   AIt surgically removes the tumorBIt damages the DNA of cancer cells so they stop growing or die, and the body clears the treated cells over timeCIt has no effect on cancer cellsDIt replaces the affected organ

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3. Q3.Which of these can guide the choice between surgery and radiation?

   AThe color of the hospitalBThe day of the weekCThe tumor's location, your overall health, the cancer type, and whether an organ can be preservedDThe patient's favorite treatment name

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4. Q4.Why are surgery and radiation often combined in one plan?

   ATo make treatment take longer on purposeBBecause one always failsCBecause they are the same treatmentDThey do different jobs — for example, radiation after surgery can treat cells that might remain, and radiation before surgery can shrink a tumor

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