Assignment 3: Radiotherapy

Here are some useful links:

1. http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3021

   What is Radiotherapy? All your questions answered..., well most of them..., some at least...



2. http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm?core/neoplasia/radiotherapy.htm~right

   Like the above but a bit more detailed/technical/'numbery'(is that a word?)

3. http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/therapy/linear_accelerator.htm

   Notes on Linear Accelerators (LINACs)

4. http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/therapy/external_beam.htm

   Same site as above but on External Beam Therapy (EBT) - what's the difference?

5. http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/menuforthistopic.asp?page=166

   Notes on Radiotherapy from "Cancer Research UK"

6. http://www.breastcancer.org/tre_rad_idx.html

   Notes on Radiotherapy from "breastcancer.org"

7. http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/radiotherapy.html

   Notes on Radiotherapy from Bupa

8. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/radiation

   Radiotherapy FAQ

9. http://www.health.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=20921

   Notes on External Beam Radiotherapy - includes further links

10. http://www.irsa.org/linac.html

    Ever heard of 'radiosurgery' or the 'gamma knife'? Find out here...

11. http://www.bupa.com.hk/eng/tips/skin_cancer.asp

    Notes on skin cancers

12. http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/bodycomplab/Radprimer/radunits.htm

    Units for measuring radiation

13. http://www.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/chapters/15/2.html

    Units of radioactivity and dose

These links seem to have passed away... maybe they are still out there somewhere...

1. http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/~bpogue/ENGG167/14%20Radiation%20Therapy%20I.pdf

   Lecture notes on Radiation Therapy technology (pdf file)

2. http://thayer.dartmouth.edu/~bpogue/ENGG167/3%20Radiation%20Biology%20and%20Risk.pdf

   Lecture notes on Radiation Biology and Radiation Risk (pdf file)

3. http://science.ntu.ac.uk/chph/staff/jc/radsafe/radch3.htm

   Notes on Radiation Dose

4. http://science.ntu.ac.uk/chph/staff/jc/radsafe/radch4.htm

   Biological and Medical effects of radiation

5. http://www.mascri.com.au/guidelines.html

   Guidlines for management of melanoma ('dodgy moles', not the sort which dig holes in your garden - these ones dig holes in your arm! your leg! your face! URGH!)

6. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/neprd/related-topics/radiation-doses.htm

   Notes on radiation dose units