TopMyGrade

Home·Daily Problem

Daily Problem·Monday, 14 October 2024Back to today

Treating cancer

GCSE · Combined Science · WJEC · P4.3 — Hazards, irradiation vs contamination; uses of radioactivity in medicine and industry

Question

WJEC Unit 2 Physics — Higher tier

In external radiotherapy, a gamma beam from cobalt-60 is rotated around the patient so it always targets the tumour.

(a) Explain why the beam is rotated rather than kept stationary. (2 marks) (b) Suggest one further safety measure used during the treatment. (1 mark)

3 marks · take your time before peeking.

Sign up to try the next 30 problems

Save your streak, mark answers against the spec, and build a daily revision habit. Free during public beta — no card, no auto-renew.

Generated by TopMyGrade AI · cross-check official sources before relying on the mark-scheme phrasing.