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1. Committed to providing advanced research capabilities and expertise in cancer therapy, the Cancer Center of National Taiwan University Hospital was established in 1999, and comprises a chemotherapy department, radiation therapy department, nuclear medicine laboratory, clinical experiment laboratory, radiology biological laboratory, biological statistical laboratory, outpatient services for tumor victims, a chemotherapy treatment room and a ward for tumor patients.

I A.  inaptitude

B.  forte

C.  inefficacy

2. The Radiation Therapy Department is the heart of the Cancer Center and focuses on four treatment areas:  a state-of-the-art IMRT-linear accelerator, Co-60 therapeutic machinery, a computer tomography simulator and a block-making room.

A.  fringe

B.  periphery

C.  center  

3. While providing a diverse range of services for cancer patients, the Cancer Center provides a customized treatment strategy that incorporates the latest treatments in surgical oncology, radiation oncology and chemotherapy.

A.  uniform

B.  conventional

C.  tailored  

4. The center has a highly talented staff, including radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, that operates advanced instrumentation such as a linear accelerator, CO-60 and CT, as well as medical physicists who plan therapy.

A.  adroit  

B.  vacillating

C.  capricious

5. These talented staff help the Cancer Center to achieve the following objectives: providing patient-focused healthcare to enhance patient quality of life, satisfying individual patient requirements and those of their relatives in a nurturing environment, fostering innovative research to prevent, detect and treat various cancers in their early stages and training future cancer treatment experts and researchers. 

A.  neglect

B.  overlook

C.  pinpoint   

6. Additionally, while conducting preliminary and clinical research, the Cancer Center nurtures professional talent in therapeutic, physiological and psychological aspects of cancer research.

A.  terminating

B.  inaugural

C.  inevitable

7. Moreover, nurses receive specialized training to care for radiation therapy patients, including help such patients cope with the discomfort caused by adverse skin effects and gland deficiencies.

A.  afflictive  

B.  benign

C.  auspicious

8. The Cancer Center focuses particularly on breast, nasal and pharyngeal, and lung cancers.

A.  diverts

B.  sidetracks

C.  converges

9. The center also provides brachytherapy for cervical, ovarian and bladder cancers.

A.  confines

B.   restrains

C.   furnishes  

10. Notably, the enhanced form of brachytherapy offered at the center achieves 5-year survival in 95% of patients with superficial tumors.

A.  cavernous 

B.  shallow

C.  extensive

11. Besides providing state-of-the-art medical services for patients, the Center also offers support for patients and relatives coping with cancer therapy.  

A.  contravening

B.  grappling with  

C.  disavowing

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