“RADIATION ONCOLOGY 101” FOR THE HTM SERVICE PROFESSIONAL
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THIS TREATMENT THERAPY? Cancer disease and palliative care Detection and diagnosis Treatment Planning Treatment delivery
CLINICAL STAFF IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY Radiation Oncologist Radiation Therapist Physics Team – Physicist and Dosimetrest Nursing and Healing Team Other Support Teams
SIMULATION AND PLANNING CT Simulator Treatment Planning
TREATMENT DELIVERY Linear Accelerator Cyberknife Tomotherapy
TREATMENT DELIVERY Gamma Knife Superficial High Dose Remote Afterloading
“SHAPING THE BEAM” Collimation Multi-Leaf Collimation
SHIELDING AND THE VAULT High Density Concrete Lead and Steel Maze and Door types