- Docente: Romina Rossi
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/36
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5709)
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from Nov 04, 2025 to Dec 03, 2025
Learning outcomes
Radiobiological basis of Radiation Therapy
Clinical aspects and application of radiotherapy
Course contents
Physics anb biology of Radiation Therapy
Multidisciplinary approach in radiotherapy
Basic concepts of chemotherapy and irradiation interactions
Main aims of radiotherapy:curative and palliative
Radiotherapy applications in the most frequent neoplasm (prostatic cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and uterine cancer)
Readings/Bibliography
•Radioterapia Oncologica -Nuove strategie, di Vittorio Donato e coll., Antonio Delfino Editore
•The Washington Manual of Oncology, 4th edition, Wolters Kluwer editions.
•The Bethesda Handbook of Clinical Oncology Sixth Edition.
• Manuale di Oncologia Medica II edizione, COMU, Edizioni Minerva Medica.
• Core Curriculum Oncologia clinica II edizione, Mc Graw Hill.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final exam: multiple choice quiz (7 questions).
The exam will be cumulative with questions concerning the various modules of the course: oncology, anesthesia and pain therapy, psychology.
In case of refusal / failure of two written tests, the possibility of taking the oral exam will be evaluated. which will include the entire oncology program. The exam can be carried out in person.
Teaching tools
Lessons, slides, texts, popular books
Office hours
See the website of Romina Rossi