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Radiation Biology Education

Formal course run January through April

Lecture Number Date Topics Lecturer Room (WIMR)
1 1/18/22 Intro to Rad Biology and Oncology – bergonie and tribondeau Kimple 4001B
2 1/20/22 Normal cell structure and functions relevant to cancer Wheeler 1022
3 1/25/22 Mechanisms of malignant cell transformation and progression Wheeler
4 1/28/22 Radiation-induced cell damage Kimple 4001B
5 2/1/22 DNA break repair Kimple 1022
6 2/3/22 Hypoxia and oxygen effect vDK 4001B
7 2/8/22 Radiation quality (types of radiation, LET, RBE) vDK 1022
8 2/10/22 Review 4001B
9 2/15/22 Cell survival following radiation (survival curves, techniques, dose rate, linear quadratic) Ritter 1022
10 2/17/22 Fractionation and R’s Ritter 3001A
11 2/22/22 Tumor growth Cosper 1022
12 2/24/22 Linear quadratic and a/b in clinical practice Patel 1022
13 3/1/22 Dose response for tumor control (therapeutic ratio, factors influencing tumor control, TCP/NTCP) Morris 1022
14 3/3/22 Molecular analysis in oncology (CGH, PCR, DNA Seqencing, SNPs, TMA, RNAi) Iyer 1022
15 3/8/22 Cancer Pathology Iyer 1022
16 3/10/22 Exam 1 1022
17 3/15/22 SPRING BREAK 1022
18 3/17/22 SPRING BREAK 1022
19 3/22/22 Pathology of Radiation Damage in normal tissue Bassetti 1022
20 3/24/22 Effects of radiation on normal tissues (types of toxicity, functional subunits, abscopal effect, tolerance, radiation syndromes, biological dosimetry) Bassetti 1022
21 3/29/22 Effects of radiation on embryo and fetus/heritable effects of radiation Ritter 1022
22 4/31/22 Quantification of radiation effects on normal tissues (toxicity scoring systems, QUANTEC) Ritter 1022
23 4/5/22 Radiation carcinogenesis Iyer 1022
24 4/7/22 Review 1022
25 4/12/22 Combination therapy (rational for combining RT w/surgery, systemic therapy, immunotherapy, spatial cooperation, normal tissue protection) Baschnagel 1022
26 4/14/22 Systemic therapy (type of systemic agents, mechanisms, molecular targets, personalized med) Baschnagel 1022
27 4/19/22 Re-irradiation (EQD2, volume, time, experimental and clinical studies) Floberg 1022
28 4/21/22 Specialized radiation techniques (brachytherapy, SABR, hadron) Floberg 1022
4/26/22 Review 1022
4/28/22 Exam 2 1022