COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIATION ONCOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ONK 6088 RADIATION ONCOLOGY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Basic Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EMRULLAH RIZA ÇETINGÖZ

Offered to

Basic Oncology

Course Objective

Multidisciplinary treatment of cancer within the Radiation Oncology replaced by understanding, identifying and locating understanding of radiation oncology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Capable of express in general terms the radiation oncology.
2   Be able to recognize and understand the role of radiation oncology in the role of cancer treatment and molecular mechanisms
3   Understands methods of application examples of Radiation Therapy.
4   Knows and understands applying the general methods used in radiation oncology
5   Be able to criticize and plan and radiation oncology studies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Biological principles of clinical radiotherapy Learn biological basis of RT
2 Fractionation and clinical importance Learns different fractionations schemes in RT including classical, hypo, hyper, CHART
3 The effects of radiation on normal tissues Learns effects of ionosing radiation on normal tissure and treatment related side effects
4 Physical rules in radiotherapy Learns basic radiation physics
5 Radiotherapy Machines Learns different types radiotherapy machines delivering ionising radiation with External beam and brachytherapy
6 Radiotherapy technic: From 2D to 4D Learns different radiotherapy technic
7 Treatment planning in Radiotherapy Learns radiotherapy treatment planning before delivery of radiation
8 Dosimetry in EBRT Learns radiotherapy dosimetry with different type of radiation
9 Brachytherapy Learns different types of brachytherapy applications including interstitiel and plesio brachytherapy
10 Targeted radiotherapy Learns radionuclid therapies as well as 3D conformal and IMRT
11 Optimal treatments of disease by type and localisations-I Learns radiotherapy of CNS, heaed and neck, thoracic ans GIS system malignencies
12 Optimal treatments of disease by type and localisations-II Learns radiotherapy of GUS, pediatric tumors, special radiotherapy technics.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi, Cetingoz et al.
2. Perez and Brady's Principles and Practice of Rad.Onc
3. Clinical Radiation Oncology, Gunderson and Tepper

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical courses done, and final exam done.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FIN FINAL EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE FN*1
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) BUT*1

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Being able to express in general terms the radiation oncology work will be assess with final exam.
2. The general methods used in oncology to know will be evaluate in final exam.
3. To question the making of intermediate and searching capabilities related to radiation oncology researches will be evaluate with final exam.

Assessment Criteria

1. Being able to express in general terms the radiation oncology work will be assess with final exam.
2. The general methods used in oncology to know will be evaluate in final exam.
3. To question the making of intermediate and searching capabilities related to radiation oncology researches will be evaluate with final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

: riza.cetingoz@deu.edu.tr
0 232 4124204

Office Hours

Friday afternoon from 13:30 to 15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 1 15
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 0 0 0
Preparation for Quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Presentations 0 0 0
Other (please indicate) 0 0 0
Preparation for Final Exam 1 102 102
Final 1 3 3
Mid-term 0 0 0
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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