OVERVIEW

Radiotherapy is therapy using  ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator. It can be associated with surgery, chemotherapy and / or hormone therapy to ensure the best control of the disease.
Nuclear Medicine uses artificial radionuclides by employing them in non-sealed form for therapeutic diagnostic purposes and biomedical research.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

To know the base of radiotherapy, through the basic concepts of radiobiology and organ radiopathology, clinical indications, expected toxicity and expected clinical outcomes of the most common cancer diseases.

To know in detail the radioprotection aspects of operators and patients, related to the acquisition and processing of digital images with particular reference to current regulations and guidelines for patient protection in nuclear medicine. Understand the physical principles underlying the ionizing radiations revealed by radioactive isotopes.To know the procedures that are being carried out in a nuclear medicine service.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

The aims of the course are to

- educate students about relationship with patient, to undertand the main radiotherapy techniques and to know the base of clinical radiation oncology

- to know the state of art on Nuclear Medicine

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons with powerpoint slides and educational videos
 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

See the relative content on the single subjects

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LILIANA BELGIOIA (President)

ROBERTA ARE

MATTIA BARBORO

FRANCESCA CAVAGNETTO

GIACOMO GARLASCHI

PAOLO RICCI

ALESSANDRA RUBAGOTTI

GABRIEL SICLARI

GIUSEPPE VILLA

FABRIZIO PESCHIERA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Since October 2016

Class schedule

NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND RADIOTHERAPY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test based on thirty questions on Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, some are multiple choise questions  and others open questions. Possibility of oral test to improve the final vote.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Open questions and oral test allow to evaluate the degree of knowledge of the student.

Exam schedule