Radiation Therapy

Radiotherapy and its technologies will be explained during this course, as well as the clinical indications.

The following topics will be covered in depth:

• Physics of ionizing radiation

• Technology of radiotherapy

• Target delineation and multi-modality imaging

• Dose calculation using analytical and Monte Carlo schemes

• Treatment planning: dose shaping and plan optimization

• Modalities: IMRT, VMAT, Cyber-Knife, Proton therapy

• Role of radiotherapy in oncology

• Main clinical treatment sites: aims, approaches, outcome

• Clinical outcome: tumor control, risk of complication

• Dose-effect modelling

• Radiobiology

• Research and challenges in radiotherapy

The final grade consists of:

• Written examination (50%)

• Group assignments: technical exercises, paper and presentation, weighted with individual input. (50%)

Both elements should be 5.0 or higher. Weighted average should be 5.8 or higher. All rules and regulations that apply can be found in the related documents via, https://www.tudelft.nl/studenten/me-studentenportal/onderwijs/gerelateerd/regelingen-reglementen