Professional Expertise

Holistic professional expertise from our dedicated consultancy team will empower clinical staff with knowledge of international clinical protocols and techniques while building up resources and applications suitable for their daily clinical practice.

A comprehensive and organized curriculum would be covered for each specific profession such as Oncologists, Radiation Therapists, and Medical Physicists.

  • Physician Journal club, protocol development, tutorials and audits
  • Understanding of clinical pathways and protocols
  • Practical Training in the using the Treatment Planning System
  • Contouring of target volumes and critical structures
  • Training in evaluation and analysis of dose distribution and dose volume histograms
  • Sites covered:
    • Breast – early and advanced
    • Lung – NSCLC, SCLC
    • Prostate – localised and metastatic
    • Genitourinary – Testicular, Bladder & Ureter
    • Gynaecological – Cervix, Endometrium, Vulval, Vaginal & Ovarian
    • Skin Cancer
    • GI – Oesophageal & Gastric, Rectal & Anal, Hepatobiliary
    • Head and Neck – NPC, larynx, hypopharynx & others
    • Sarcoma
    • Hodgkin’s Disease, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
    • Brain – Glioma (high-grade, low-grade), and benign brain tumours
    • Paediatric Cancers
  • CT Simulation techniques and treatment positioning for all sites
  • Practical training in tattooing and contrast media administration in CT Simulation for all sites
  • Mould Room – Immobilization techniques (shell and vaclock fabrication), manufacture of customized blocks for shielding and electron plaques
  • Portal imaging, registration techniques and isocentre verification for all sites
  • Quality Assurance checks for patient treatments
  • Development of patient education programme
  • Development of training programme for Radiation Therapists
  • Thorough clinical education in management of patient side effects
  • Sites covered:
    • Breast
    • Thorax
    • Genitourinary – Testicular, Bladder & Ureter, Prostate
    • Pelvis – Gynaecological cancers, rectum and anus
    • GI – Oesophageal & Gastric, Hepatobiliary
    • Head and Neck
    • Extremities
    • Brain
  • Training in quality control for 3DCRT
  • Training in evaluation and analysis of dose distribution and dose volume histograms
  • Dose response data
  • Understanding of beam shaping methodologies – MLC, customized blocks
  • Full understanding of linear accelerator concepts, commissioning and acceptance testing of LINACs (AAPM TG50)
  • Portal imaging systems
  • Random and systematic errors in radiotherapy treatment
  • In-vivo dosimetry
  • Quality control (QC) for MLCs, portal imaging, and in-vivo dosimetry
  • Commissioning and acceptance of a 3-D RTPS (IAEA TRS-430)
  • QC of CT scanners especially in relation to geometry and Hounsfield units. (AAPM TG66

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