Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Describe the role and scope of surgical oncology, medical oncology radiation oncology, immunotherapy, hyperthermia, other new technologies and multidisciplinary approaches in the management of neoplastic disease.
• Assess epidemiologic and etiologic information and risk factors pertinent to each anatomic site.
• Describe the clinical presentation of neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Compare detection and diagnostic mechanisms used to identify neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Apply the grading and staging systems used to classify neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Analyze the principles and practice of radiation oncology simulation and treatment as they apply to neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Describe the parameters of treatment field design and arrangement used to treat neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Analyze the role and scope of radiation therapy used in palliative disease management to ensure patient quality of life.
• Describe treatment regimens and fractionalization schemes used in palliative disease management.
• Analyze the role and scope of radiation therapy used in emergency treatment applications.
• Describe and differentiate the syndromes encountered in emergency scenarios that would use radiation therapy in their management.
• Identify patient acute and chronic side effects and/or complications encountered during and after a course of therapy to create a management strategy that fosters healing and comfort for neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.
• Establish and evaluate the role of the radiation therapist in regard to scope of practice in administering radiation therapy in the management of neoplastic diseases associated with each anatomic site.