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Medical
Dosimetry
Survey
This graph shows one of the many significant results hat were separate from any
hypothesized one. Depicted here is how
much the uncertainty and mystery of treatment affects fear of the disease in general.
Most people said it has at least some effect
which begs the question if that can be
alleviated. By educating on the job of the
dosimetrist, it may be reassurance that
their disease is individually treated with
assurance to be done well. Other results,
such as the most common types of cancer
seen, offer interesting facts to research
further on. In that particular instance it
was breast and lung cancer.
By Sierra Lee
ISM Period 1
Hypotheses
My first hypothesis was that medical dosimetry
was a very unknown career. I predicted that less
than 50% of people would have heard of it and/or
Question #
Majority Answer
Minority Answer
Yes (93%)
No (7%)
Yes (82%)
No or N/A (12%
& 7%)
Yes or dont
know (9% &
16%)
3 (46%)
No (76%)
1 or 2 (20% &
34% or 64%)
Participants
Questions
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How much does the uncertainty of cancer treatments affect your fear or opinion
about the disease?
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Purpose
types of cancer was in order to assess the applicability of my project. If a certain type was more
prevalent or cancer in general was a commonly
dealt with disease, then hopefully knowledge
about treatment options can help reduce stress,
since the main point of health care is to help the
patient.