Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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3° Year It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Radiotherapy (2024/2025)
Teaching code
4S000364
Credits
7
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Courses Single
Not Authorized
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning objectives
The Teaching provides the tools for comprehension and the clinical approach to the main neoplastic diseases in cancer patients, illustrates the basic elements and quality controls of Radiotherapy equipment as well as the techniques of Radiotherapy treatment. EQUIPMENT AND QUALITY CONTROL IN RADIOTHERAPY To provide the basic elements on the equipment and its use in Radiotherapy with reference to quality controls and Technician operative role. ONCOLOGY Providing the tools for the comprehension and the approach of the main medical neoplastic diseases in cancer patient. RADIOTHERAPY To provide information on technological solutions used in Radiation Oncology as well as on specific programs of quality assurance. RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES The student, at the end of the study path, must be able to: - describe the main concepts of Radiobiology, the characteristics of different ionizing radiations used for tumors's therapy (gamma rays, X rays, adrons) and their interactions with the biological tissues - describe the concepts of RBE (Relative Biological Effectiveness), LET (Linear Energy Transfer), Build Up, therapeutic ratio (TCP\NTCP) and therapeutic window in radiotherapy - describe the operation of a linear accelerator for radiotherapy (LINAC) and its components - describe the set-up phases to aim the oncologic target describe the beam delivery techniques of a LINAC with MLC (multi leaf collimator), included static and arc techniques - describe the operation and the beam delivery system of a Tomotherapy equipment - describe the operation of a TPS (Treatment Planning System) and the advanced techniques of planning nowadays used - decribe set-up and IGRT during treatment - describe, in general, the main special techniques such as Stereotaxis, IORT (IntraOperative RadioTherapy), TBI (Total Body Irraiation), Brachytherapy, Protontherapy) and the latest technological innovations in the radiotherapy field.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Knowledge of elementary physics
Bibliography
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The final exam will consist of a preliminary written test followed by an oral discussion, with a score assigned initially in thirtieths that will then be normalized to the number of training credits assigned to the teaching module. The two tests will be taken by students on the same day with an oral test following the written one. The written test will include a short multiple choice test consisting of 6 questions, each of which will contribute 3 thirtieths to the final score assigned. In the oral test the student will be asked to briefly present, and of his choice, one of the topics covered in the teaching module; subsequently he will have to answer 2 open questions related to the program of the course. The free-topic discussion and the two open questions will each contribute 4 thirtieths to the final score assigned.
