radiation therapy - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In 2024, Malawi finally got its first device for performing this medical treatment. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this therapy, commonly combined with chemotherapy to kill cancer cells. This type of therapy destroys cancer cells using X-rays or gamma rays.

ANSWER: radiation therapy [or radiotherapy; accept brachytherapy; accept external beam radiation therapy]

[10h] 2024 production problems at Merck caused shipments of this cancer-preventing HPV vaccine to not go to Africa. Along with Cervatrix, this HPV vaccine is multi-dose, making it harder to fully administer than a single shot.

ANSWER: Gardasil [accept Gardasil 9]

[10m] In 2018, Malawi was second in cervical cancer rate to this country, the only absolute monarchy in Africa. In 2024, Nomcebo Zuma married the king of this landlocked country that changed its name in 2018.

ANSWER: Eswatini [or Kingdom of eSwatini or Swaziland or Umbuso weSwatini] (Nomcebo Zuma is a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma.)

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	21.11	100%	67%	44%
Florida	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	21.00	100%	90%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	100%	78%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	9	20.00	89%	89%	22%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	18.75	88%	100%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	6	13.33	83%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	20.77	100%	92%	15%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%

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Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Stanford A	10	0	10	20
Berkeley Skeleton King	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UC Santa Barbara	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	USC A	10	0	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA D	10	0	10	20
UCLA C	UCSD B	10	10	10	30
UCLA F	UC Irvine	10	0	10	20
Carleton A	Carleton B	10	0	10	20
McGill A	McGill B	10	0	10	20
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	0	10	20
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	0	10	10
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	0	10	20
UCLA E	USC B	10	0	0	10
McMaster B	Toronto E	10	0	10	20
Toronto I	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Queen's A	10	10	10	30
Toronto C	Toronto A	10	0	10	20
Toronto B	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Guelph A	10	0	10	20
Brock A	Toronto H	10	0	0	10
Toronto D	Waterloo A	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Waterloo C	10	0	10	20
Florida B	Florida A	10	0	10	20
Florida State A	South Florida A	10	0	10	20
Florida Tech A	UCF A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	Michigan A	10	0	10	20
Louisville A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	CWRU D	10	0	10	20
Kentucky	Louisville D	10	10	10	30
Liberty A	Duke A	10	0	10	20
Liberty B	JMU B	10	0	0	10
NCSU B	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
UNC A	NCSU A	10	0	0	10
UNC C	Virginia Tech C	10	10	10	30
UNC B	VCU A	10	0	10	20
William & Mary A	Virginia A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	10	0	10	20
William & Mary C	William & Mary B	10	0	10	20
George Mason A	Maryland A	10	0	10	20
Maryland C	Rutgers A	10	0	10	20
Chicago A	Iowa A	10	0	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Illinois Blue	Illinois Champaign	10	0	10	20
Illinois Canada	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Purdue A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	0	0	10
William Woods University A	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	10	30
WashU Grizzlers	Indiana B	10	0	10	20
Purdue D	WashU Grolars	10	0	10	20
Iowa State	Macalester	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	10	0	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	0	10	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan B	10	0	10	20
Michigan C	Louisville B	10	0	10	20
Michigan State B	Ohio State A	10	0	0	10
Ohio State C	CWRU C	10	0	10	20
Ohio State D	Louisville C	10	0	10	20
Michigan State D	WVU B	10	0	10	20
Amherst B	Tufts C	10	0	0	10
MIT A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Boston University A	10	0	10	20
Amherst A	Brown A	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Brown B	10	0	10	20
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis Beethoven	MIT B	10	10	10	30
UConn A	Tufts B	10	0	10	20
Williams B	Brandeis Mozart	10	0	10	20
Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	0	0	10	10
Washington State	Arizona State A	10	0	10	20
Washington Coho	Arizona State B	10	0	10	20
Washington Masu	Boise State	10	0	10	20
British Columbia A	Texas	10	0	10	20
Washington Atlantic	British Columbia B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia C	Washington Chum	10	0	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	10	0	10	20
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	0	10
Murray State College B	Nebraska C	10	0	10	20
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma A	10	0	0	10
Oklahoma	Murray State College A	0	0	10	10
Nebraska A	Tulsa A	10	0	10	20
Tulsa B	Harding	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	Auburn C	10	0	0	10
Alabama A	Chipola College	10	0	10	20
Clemson B	Clemson C	10	0	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Georgia A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech F	Georgia Tech B	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Montevallo	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech E	Emory A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	10	0	10	20
Tennessee B	Sewanne	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt C	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Edinburgh A	Durham A	10	0	10	20
Durham C	Edinburgh C	10	0	10	20
Durham D	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
Durham B	Sheffield A	10	0	0	10
York	Edinburgh D	10	0	10	20
Birmingham	Southampton	10	0	10	20
Cambridge D	Bristol	10	0	10	20
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	0	10	20
Cardiff	Cambridge B	10	0	10	20
Imperial A	Warwick	10	0	10	20
Imperial C	LSE	10	0	10	20
Cambridge E	Imperial D	10	0	10	20
Oxford	Cambridge A	10	0	10	20
Cornell B	Binghamton C	10	0	10	20
ESF	Cornell A	10	0	0	10
Cornell D	RIT B	10	0	10	20
Cornell C	RIT A	10	0	10	20
Binghamton B	Rochester	10	0	0	10