- Docente: Renata Vitale
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Imaging and Radiotherapy techniques (cod. 8486)
Course contents
General concepts of radiobiology:
Mechanisms of action of ionizing radiation on living matter:
effects on DNA repair mechanisms and
damage on cell sensitivity in relation to the phases of the cell cycle, repair and restocking
response modifiers, oxygen effect
Quality of radiation and their effectiveness bilogica
mode of administration of the dose
acute and late somatic damage
genetic damage
2) The sources of radiation used in radiotherapy
Garden equipment and megavoltage
The dose in radiotherapy, intensity dispensing unit of time, continuous irradiation and fractionated
quality assurance of radiation treatments
general indications to radiotherapy in oncology and its role in the treatment of cancer
Current indications in the field noncancer
3) Radiosensitivity and radiocurabilità
locoregional control of the disease
radical purposes, precautionary, palliative and symptomatic
major additions therapeutic RT preoperative, postoperative RT, RT intraoperative radiochemotherapy sequential and concurrent "sandwiich"
4) Radiation protection of the patient in Radiotherapy
Report damage / dose / volume irradiated tissue
Functional organization of the fabric: in series, in parallel
Readings/Bibliography
the readings will be given every time lesson.
The teacher will deliver the slides to students
Teaching methods
Lectures with discussion of real cases
Assessment methods
open questions about 10 questions on the topics covered in class. Sufficiency is determined by answering the half plus one of the questions that corresponds to 18/30
Teaching tools
laptop, interactive electronic whiteboard
Office hours
See the website of Renata Vitale