A: Radiobiology Foundation Topics

Radiobiology is a broad area of particular relevance to radiation oncologists. There is significant overlap in some areas with pathology topics, particularly on cell cycle control, features of malignant cells, and early and late normal tissue reactions.

These foundation topics serve as a brief introduction to radiobiology and covers the most important concepts. More extensive discussion is located in the Intermediate topics.

R1: Normal Cell Biology

• R1.1: Normal Cell Structure
• R1.2: Eukaryotic Genes
• R1.3: DNA Replication
• R1.4: Generation Of Protein From Dna
• R1.5: The Cell Cycle
  • R1.5.1: The Cell Cycle
  • R1.5.2: Control Of The Cell Cycle
  • R1.5.3: Cell Cycle Checkpoints
  • R1.5.4: Differences In Cell Cycle Times

R2: Cancer Cell Biology

• R2.1: Features Of Malignant Cells
• R2.2: Tumour Cell Kinetics
• R2.3: Multistep Nature Of Carcinogenesis

R3: Introduction to Radiobiology

• R3.1: Types Of Radiation
• R3.2: Linear Energy Transfer (LET)
• R3.3: Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE)
• R3.4: Methods Of DNA Damage
• R3.5: Linear Quadratic Equation
• R3.6: Alpha Beta Values
• R3.7: Basics Of DNA Repair
• R3.8: The Oxygen Effect

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• Radiobiology
  • A: Radiobiology Foundation Topics
  • B: Radiobiology Intermediate Topics
  • D: Orphaned Radiobiology Topics