RDTP 213B - Radiation Oncology

Credits: 3

Description
This course provides the student with an understanding of the clinical signs, symptoms, epidemiology, routes of spread, pathology, staging system, and management approaches of the major tumor sites in the body. Topics covered include diagnostic and staging work-up, prognostic factors, decision-making skills for treatment options and treatment results.

Student Learning Outcomes

Recognize the molecular probes and other markers used in the diagnosis of malignancies.
Translate the radiographic evaluation of cancer.
Interpret the staging and grading of cancers.
Inspect the clinical presentation for each anatomic neoplastic site.
Identify the routes of spread from different types of cancers.
Inspect all major cancer sites in the human body.
Apply the parameters of treatment field design and arrangement used to treat neoplastic diseases by anatomic site.

Prerequisite: None