“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