Basic Clinical Radiobiology. 16 – 20 Septiembre 2017. París (Francia).

TARGET GROUP

The course is aimed at:

• Trainees in radiotherapy
• Radiation oncologists who lack basic radiobiological science or want to update their knowledge (i.e. for CME)
• Medical physicists who wish to familiarise themselves with this field
• Physicians from other disciplines administering ionising radiation
• Radiation therapists (RTTs).

COURSE AIM/RATIONALE

The aim is to provide an introduction to radiation biology as applied to radiotherapy. It will cover the basic mechanisms of cell death/survival and the radiation response of tumours and normal tissues. Formulas of tissue tolerance will be explained. The biological basis for current approaches to the improvement of radiotherapy will be described including novel fractionation schemes, retreatment, IMRT, modification of hypoxia, hadron therapy, combined radiotherapy/chemotherapy and biological modifiers of tumour and normal tissue effects.