“RADIATION ONCOLOGY 101” FOR THE HTM SERVICE PROFESSIONAL

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“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