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DIAGNOSTICS FOR IMAGING AND RADIOTHERAPY

CODE 68140
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 4 cfu during the 3nd year of 9294 TECNICHE DI RADIOLOGIA MEDICA, PER IMMAGINI E RADIOT(L/SNT3) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/36
    LANGUAGE Italian
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 1° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    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.

    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.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    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

    TSRM Figure in Radiotherapy: The Core European Curriculum
    Patient path in a radiotherapy structure
    LINAC - structure (photons, electrons)
    Immobilization and Repositioning Systems
    The Conventional and CT simulation 
    The TPS treatment plan (plan implementation, beam modifiers, DVH evaluation)
    Treatment: First Session, Patient Set-Up
    Treatment verification systems
    Radiotherapy Techniques: physical, technical and clinical aspects
    Modulated Intensity Radiation (IMRT)
    Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and Gating Respiratory
    Radiosurgery (RCH)
    Cranial and Extracranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy
    TSI (Total Skin Irradiation)
    Brachytherapy and Adrotherapy
    Tomotherapy and Volumetric Techniques
    CiberKnife
    Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
    Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)
    Pediatric Radiotherapy
    The role of TSRM in the Quality Assurance Program of Physical Physics: Daily Quality Controls
    The TSRM within Medical Physics in Radiotherapy
    Radiobiology notes: 5R of radiobiology
    Ionizing radiation effects on healthy cells and cancer cells
    Biological bases of radioactivity toxicity - acute and late toxicity
    Serial and parallel organs and their effects on toxicity
    Definition of radiopharmaceutical interest rates: GTV, CTV, PTV, ITV, Set up margin
    Systematic and random error
    Organs at risk
    Combined Treatments: Sequential, Synchronous and Alternative Treatments: Rational, Advantages and Disadvantages
    Therapeutic Index Definition
    Purpose and timing of radiotherapy treatment
    Emergencies in radiotherapy
    Clinical indications in major cancer  diseases

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    LILIANA BELGIOIA (President)

    SILVIA DANIELA MORBELLI (President)

    ROBERTA ARE

    MATTEO BAUCKNEHT

    FABRIZIO BISI

    FRANCESCA CAVAGNETTO

    MONICA CAVALLARI

    MATTEO LAMBERTINI

    GABRIEL SICLARI

    FABRIZIO PESCHIERA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

    LESSONS

    LESSONS START

    Since October 2016

     

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Written (thirty open and multi choise questions) and oral test 

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

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