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Radiation oncology is one of the three primary specialties, the other two being surgical and medical oncology, involved in the treatment of cancer. Radiation can be given as a curative modality, either alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy. It may also be used palliatively, to relieve symptoms in patients with incurable cancers.
The International Journal of Radiation*Oncology*Biology*Physics (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys), also known as the Red Journal, is published 15 times each year. [3] In 2011, ASTRO began publishing Practical Radiation Oncology. Also called P.R.O., it is a journal whose mission is to improve the quality of radiation oncology practice.
Radiation therapy is synergistic with chemotherapy, and has been used before, during, and after chemotherapy in susceptible cancers. The subspecialty of oncology concerned with radiotherapy is called radiation oncology. A physician who practices in this subspecialty is a radiation oncologist.
Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. [1] Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy including small-molecule drugs or monoclonal antibodies, [2] and PARP inhibitors such as olaparib. [3]
Surgical oncology: focuses on treatment of cancer with surgery. [13] Radiation oncology: focuses on treatment of cancer with radiation. [13] Clinical oncology: focuses on treatment of cancer with both systemic therapies and radiation. [14] Sub-specialties in Oncology: Neuro-oncology: focuses on cancers of brain. Ocular oncology: focuses on ...
ACR Education Center – located in Reston, VA, offers specialized mini-fellowships in more than a dozen clinical areas. [3]American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP) – The AIRP conducts five courses for radiology residents and fellows, and seven categorical courses for practicing radiologists and other physicians each year in Silver Spring, MD.
These platforms include SPECTA-molecular screening of patients, SUCARE- evaluating quality assurance in surgical oncology, E 2-RADIATE- evaluating quality assurance in radiation oncology and the YOU (Your Outcome Updates) protocol that will gather data on long term long-term medical, psychological and socio-economic outcomes of patients treated ...
Doctor reviewing a radiation treatment plan. In radiotherapy, radiation treatment planning (RTP) is the process in which a team consisting of radiation oncologists, radiation therapist, medical physicists and medical dosimetrists plan the appropriate external beam radiotherapy or internal brachytherapy treatment technique for a patient with cancer.