Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
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Medical Biophysics 3467B

CANCER THERAPY


An introduction to three treatment modalities (radiation, surgical, chemotherapy) and the concepts, processes, and instrumentation required in the clinical application of ionizing radiation to treatment of cancer, and application to a case study. Topics include: susceptibility of cancer to radiation, radiation physics, clinical delivery of radiation and dose deposition.

Prerequisite(s): Medical Biophysics 3501A or Medical Biophysics 3720A. Open only to students who are registered in Years 3 or 4.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: MEDBIO

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