MD in Radiotherapy & Oncology

Radiotherapy is a highly specialized and technical discipline in clinical medicine dedicated, as
one of the major arms, in management and treatment of Cancer. With a view to update, by inclusion of
newer topics, and to provide a uniform syllabus and course contents in universities and teaching medical
institutions, it is proposed to frame the syllabus and course outline based on the recent developments in
clinical medicine, radiobiology and medical physics.
Objectives:
At the end of the training, the candidate should have attained sufficient and in depth knowledge of
-Basic and radiologic physics of ionizing radiation;
- Etiology, pathology and epidemiology and cancer statistics in malignant diseases;
-Radiology and laboratory methods in radiotherapy;
-Investigations and practice of clinical oncology with special reference to radiotherapy and
chemotherapy;
-Multi-disciplinary approach in the treatment of cancer with surgery, radiotherapy and
chemotherapy;