Course: Radiation Oncology 5

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Course title Radiation Oncology 5
Course code RAM/RGA64
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vlachová Zuzana, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Osika Michal, MUDr.
Course content
1. Combining radiotherapy and surgical treatment 2. Cytostatic drugs - nature of effect, classification 3. Targeted anti-cancer care, rudiments of hormone therapy 4. Radiochemoterapy of solid tumours 5. Potentiation of radiotherapy using fractionation, oxygen enhancement effect, hypoxia 6. Potentiation of radiotherapy using hyperthermia, phototherapy, ionizations from high-LET 7. Nutrition in cancer patients - basic guidelines 8. Nutrition guidelines during radiation therapy 9. Preventive oncology programmes in the Czech Rep. 10. Complex cancer treatment, complex oncology centres, national oncology register, organisation of cancer care in University Hospital Olomouc, multidisciplinary teams 11. Tumours of the CNS and treatment 12. Complex therapy of head and neck tumours

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Students are introduced to the basic techniques of ionizing radiation therapy ranging from preparing the radiation treatment plan and choosing the irradiation conditions, methods of radiation targeting and reproduction to radiation techniques. Based on radiation sources, instruction proceeds from the simplest techniques of static therapy to rotational therapy.
Under supervision students are able to use irradiation techniques of static and rotational therapies, X-ray therapy and megavolt therapy, brachytherapy and radiotherapy of nonmalignant diseases.
Prerequisites
unspecified
RAM/RGB63 and RAM/RGB24

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog

Active attendance, , written test, oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Dobbs, J., Barrett, A., Ash, D. Praktická plánování radioterapie.
  • Klener, P. (2002). Klinická onkologie. Praha: Galén.
  • Novotný J., Vítek P., Kleibl Z. a kol. (2016). Onkologie v klinické praxi, 2. vydání. MF Dnes, edice Aeskulap.
  • Spurný, V., Šlampa. Moderní radioterapeutické metody.
  • Šlampa P. a kol. (2014). Radiační onkologie v praxi. Brno.
  • Tomášek J. a kol. (2015). Onkologie-minimum pro praxi. Ascleoius.
  • Vorlíček J. a kol. (2012). Klinická onkologie pro sestr, 2. přepracované vydání. Grada.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Radiology Assistance (2019) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter