Course Content for Medical Physics:
- Handout 01: Overview of Normal Cell & Cancer Biology
- Handout 02: Introduction to Radiobiology & Radiation Chemistry
- Handout 03: Cellular Radiobiology
- Handout 04: Normal Tissue & Tumor Radiobiology
- Handout 05: Tissue Tolerance & Radiation Histopathology
- Handout 06: Clinical Radiobiology
Course Content for Radiation Oncology:
Week 1 (May 13-17)
- Lecture 01: Course Introduction & Overview
- Lecture 02: Radiation Chemistry & Free Radicals
- Lecture 03: The DNA Damage Response
- Lecture 04: Genetic, Cytogenetic & Epigenetic Effects
- Lecture 05: Mechanisms of Cell Death
- Lecture 06: Cell Survival & Tissue Dose Response Curves
- Lecture 07: Sublethal & Potentially Lethal Damage Recovery
- Lecture 08: Cell Cycle Effects
- Lecture 09: LET, RBE & High LET Radiotherapy
- Lecture 10: Radiation Carcinogenesis & Risk Assessment
- Review Question Collection (Part 1)
Week 2 (June 17-21)
- Lecture 11: The Oxygen Effect & Tumor Hypoxia
- Lecture 12: Radiosensitizers, Protectors & Bioreductive Drugs
- Lecture 13: Tumor Angiogenesis & Metastasis
- Lecture 14: Immuno-Oncology
- Lecture 15: Mechanisms of Drug Resistance
- Lecture 16: Normal Tissue & Tumor Kinetics
- Lecture 17: Early & Late Effects in Normal Tissues
- Lecture 18: Normal Tissue Tolerance
- Lecture 19: The Four, Five (or Six?) R's of Radiotherapy
- Lecture 20: The Linear-Quadratic Isoeffect Model
- Review Question Collection (Part 2)
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