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RAD 551 Radiotherapy and Oncology I

500 levelMedical & Health Sciences11 topics

RAD 551 covers 11 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Principles of radiation oncology
  2. The cell cycle and radiosensitivity
  3. Sources of therapeutic radiation
  4. Teletherapy and brachytherapy
  5. Treatment planning and dose fractionation
  6. Simulation and treatment verification
  7. External beam radiotherapy techniques
  8. Management of common malignancies
  9. Acute and late radiation reactions
  10. Palliative radiotherapy
  11. Radiation protection in radiotherapy

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Principles of radiation oncology

Principles of radiation oncology focus on how ionizing radiation is used to destroy or control malignant cells while protecting normal tissues. For exam purposes, students must master the biological basis of radiation injury, treatment intent and planning, dose-fractionation ideas, and the core safety principles that guide clinical radiotherapy.

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