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Lecturer(s)
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Richter Igor, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Lectures: 1) Position of radiotherapy in the strategy of cancer treatment; radiotherapy tactics: radical, adjuvant, palliative, combination of calf and brachyradiotherapy, potentiation; basic terms used in radiotherapy; preparation and course of radiotherapy from the patient's position 2) Combination of radiotherapy with chemotherapy 3) Combination of radiotherapy with targeted therapy and immunotherapy, abscopal effect of radiotherapy 4) Brachytherapy: principle, radiobiology of brachytherapy, brachytherapy systems (HDR, LDR, PDR), clinical use 5) Brachytherapy - interstitial, intracavitary, intraluminal, contact - mulch 6) Main clinical indications for teleradiotherapy and brachyradiotherapy 7) Contact X-ray therapy - principle, clinical use 8) Electron radiotherapy, electron beam quality control, dose distribution and shaping possibilities, clinical use, electron shower 9) Proton radiotherapy, proton beam radiobiology, clinical use 10) Special radiation techniques (radiosurgery, stereotactic radiotherapy, intraoperative radiotherapy, whole-body radiation, tomotherapy) 11) Isotopes in radiotherapy, neutron radiotherapy, photodynamic treatment Exercises: 1) The role and principles of radiotherapy and its position in complex cancer treatment 2) Brachytherapy - principles, afterloading 3) Electron radiotherapy 4) X-ray therapy 5) Stereotactic radiotherapy 6) Isotopes in oncology, systemic radiotherapy
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Practicum
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Learning outcomes
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The subject Radiotherapy 2 follows Radiotherapy 1. It defines the position of radiotherapy in cancer treatment and its combination with other treatment modalities. It deals with a wide range of radiation options such as electron, proton radiotherapy, with principles of brachytherapy and other specific procedures in radiotherapy.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
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Prerequisites
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Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Test
Classified credit: - 80% participation in exercises, - written test.
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Recommended literature
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BINAROVÁ, Andrea. Radioterapie. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7368-701-4.
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DOROTÍK, Jan. Radioterapeutické přístroje. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1376-9.
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FELTL, David a Jakub CVEK. Klinická radiobiologie. Havlíčkův Brod: Tobiáš, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7311-103-8.
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HYNKOVÁ, Ludmila a Pavel ŠLAMPA. Radiační onkologie - učební texty. Brno: Masarykův onkologický ústav, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86793-13-9.
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HYNKOVÁ, Ludmila a Pavel ŠLAMPA. Základy radiační onkologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-210-6061-6.
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JURGA, Ľudovít. Klinická a radiačná onkológia. Martin: Osveta, 2011. ISBN 978-80-8063-302-8.
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ŠLAMPA, Pavel a Jiří PETERA. Radiační onkologie. Praha: Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-469-0.
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