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Rad Onc Educational Resources

1. Contouring:

A Guide for Delineation of Lymph Nodal Clinical Target Volume in Radiation Therapy 2008
- https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783540770435
Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy 2015
- https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319057255
Target Volume Delineation and Treatment Planning for Particle Therapy 2018
- https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319424774
Target Volume Delineation for Pediatric Cancers 2019
- https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319691398
E-contouring: a website of interactive contouring, covers many types of cancer, also some OAR delineation
- https://econtour.org/
RTOG: many contouring guideline was published by this group
- https://www.rtog.org/CoreLab/ContouringAtlases.aspx)
Head and Neck OAR 2015: a very detailed guide through this challenging sub-site
- https://www.thegreenjournal.com/article/S0167-8140(15)00401-6/fulltext)

2. Radiobiology:

IAEA Courses
- https://elearning.iaea.org/m2/course/view.php?id=309
Radiobiology for radiologists: currently in 8th edition, easily to understand.
- https://shop.lww.com/Radiobiology-for-the-Radiologist/p/9781496335418)
Basic clinical radiobiology: deeper than radiobiology for radiologists, but contains many mathematics formula, which helps understanding
- https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Clinical-Radiobiology-Michael-Joiner/dp/1444179632
https://www.learnoncology.ca/

3. Medical Physics:

Khan's the physics of radiation therapy: viewed as the bible of radiation therapy physics
The Physics & Technology of Radiation Therapy, 2nd Edition: written for the resident doctor, easily understood
Radiation oncology physics, handbook for teachers and students: a textbook offered by IAEA, it is written in a very detailed way, a really good supplement to the previous two books

4. Clinical Practice:

NCCN guidelines: a world-wide guideline for cancer treatment, it is free and continuously updated.