Good raeding material for radonc basics?

There have been numerous threads on this, I suggest doing a search. But most folks on this forum suggest Intro to Clinical RadOnc by Coia (the Red Book). For a med student it is a pretty good source.

nick riviera said:

Hi there, I am doing an away elective in Radiation Oncology in a few months time, and I was just wondering if anyone can recommend some reading materials for me. I have had pretty much no teaching on radonc in med school, so I am looking for something pretty basic to start off with, e.g. any thin books that can be read in a couple of months, review articles, etc.
Thanks!

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i like this ppt presentation for a *basic* intro:
http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/Grnds/Ra...-1203/Radiation-oncology-slides-2003-1203.ppt

and this site for a skeleton overview of various modalities/cancer info:
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/therapy/radiation_therapy.htm

if you like physics(yay!), this little gem explains the basic theory/operation of clinac's, approproately titled "A Primer on Theory and Operation of Linear Accelerators in Radiation Therapy by Karzmark and Morton (1998)"

and this general intro
http://www.elekta.com/controlcenter.nsf/va_LookupResources/media/$file/cancerfacts2.pdf

and finally, a beautiful intro from USUHS
http://rad.usuhs.mil/rad/handouts/poggi/usuhs_introradonclecture.pdf

those are what i used to get a feel for the subject before doing an internship in medical physics. i hope you find these useful for a general intro to radonc

*edit* one of the residents i worked with also suggested coia, once i actually get to 4th year, so that's 2 votes for coia

There's a handbook entitled "Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach Medical, Surgical, and Radiation Oncology" by Pazdur and Coia that I found to be a great starting point for understanding the basics. I think its available on amazon

medgator said:

There's a handbook entitled "Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach Medical, Surgical, and Radiation Oncology" by Pazdur and Coia that I found to be a great starting point for understanding the basics. I think its available on amazon

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Per a prior thread:
http://www.cancernetwork.com/handbook/contents.htm