The Applied Sciences of Oncology Distance Learning Course contains 71 training modules under eight topics: communication; critical appraisal; functional anatomy (oncologically relevant anatomy); molecular biology, pathology and pathogenesis; patient care (palliative science); physics and radiation technology; radiobiology; and systemic therapy for cancer (chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, immunomodulators).
The material is expected to be complementary to the training that radiation oncologists receive in developing countries through formal educational programmes. A further nine modules are planned this year.
The training course is an outcome of an IAEA technical cooperation project implemented under the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology. This is an intergovernmental agreement among 17 IAEA member states in the Asia and Pacific region.
The project was implemented with the technical support of the IAEA Division of Human Health, with the distance-learning material developed by the Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CCORE) of the South Western Sydney Area Health Service in Australia.
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