Radiation Oncology
This site was started during the ASTRO 2006 Conference in Philadelphia to facilitate sharing of information by residents for the ABR Clinical Board Exams. Topics are arranged by clinical disease site, as defined on the ABR website. Please feel free to edit, add, or modify any topic. Highlighted text reflects topics tested during exams dating back to 1999.
Clinical Topics
[edit | edit source]PEDIATRICS
[edit | edit source]Retinoblastoma
[edit | edit source]Wilms tumor
[edit | edit source]Neuroblastoma
[edit | edit source]Rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft tissue sarcomas
[edit | edit source]Lymphomas
[edit | edit source]Leukemias
[edit | edit source]Histocytosis X
[edit | edit source]Ewing ’s sarcoma and other bone tumors
[edit | edit source]Pediatric solid tumors
[edit | edit source]Soft-tissue sarcoma
[edit | edit source]Germ cell tumor
[edit | edit source]Hepatic tumor
[edit | edit source]Osteosarcoma
[edit | edit source]Hodgkin's disease
[edit | edit source]Pediatric CNS Tumors
[edit | edit source]- Medulloblastoma
- Astrocytoma (glioma) low grade
- Astrocytoma, high grade
- Brain stem glioma
- Ependymoma
- Pineal/Germ cell
- Craniopharyngioma
- Optic tract
- Other
Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract
[edit | edit source]- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Small bowel
- Colon/rectum
- Anus
- Pancreas
- Biliary tract
- Liver
- Other
Gynecology
[edit | edit source]- Cervix
- Endometrium/uterus
- Ovaries & fallopian tubes
- Vagina
- Vulva
- Other
Genitourinary (GU) Tract
[edit | edit source]Prostate
[edit | edit source]- Bladder
- Testes/seminoma
- Testes/nonseminoma
- Kidneys
- Ureter
- Urethra
- Penis
- Other
Lymphomas & Leukemias
[edit | edit source]- Hodgkin disease
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma
- Total body irradiation
- Total skin irradiation
- Radioimmunotherapy
- Other
Head, Neck and Skin
[edit | edit source]- Larynx
- Oral cavity
- Oropharynx
- Hypopharynx
- Nasopharynx
- Salivary glands
- Orbits
- Temporal bone
- Skin
- Thyroid gland
- Other
Lung/Mediastinum
[edit | edit source]- Non-small cell cancer
- Small cell cancer
- Superior sulcus tumor
- Thymomas and/or other mediastinum tumors
- Other
Breast
[edit | edit source]- Early-stage breast cancer
- Locally advanced breast cancer
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Carcinoma in situ, ductal and lobular
- Locally recurrent breast cancer
- Metastatic breast cancer
- Other
Bone & Soft Tissue
[edit | edit source]- Osteosarcoma and/or chondrosarcoma
- Ewing ’s sarcoma
- Other bone tumors
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Desmoid tumor
- Kaposi’s sarcoma
- Other
Central Nervous System ( CNS)
[edit | edit source]- Astrocytoma, low grade
- Astrocytoma, high grade
- Medulloblastoma
- Brainstem glioma
- Ependymoma
- Pineal
- Brain
- Lymphoma
- Meningioma
- Pituitary
- Spinal cord
- Craniopharyngioma
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
- Optic tract
- Oligodendroglioma
- Other
Palliation
[edit | edit source]- Skeletal metastases
- Brain metastases
- Cord compression
- Vena cava syndrome
- Hemostases
- Relief of obstruction
- Other
Biostatistics
[edit | edit source]- Study design
- Definitions of statistical terms
- General interpretation & analysis
- Survival curves
- Specificity/sensitivity
- Tests of significance
- Phase III studies (randomized)
- Retrospective trials/historical controls
- Phase I & II studies (nonrandomized case control studies)
- Multiple trials/metaanalysis
- Lab tests/x-ray studies
- Other
Miscellaneous
[edit | edit source]- Ethics
- Intravascular brachytherapy
- Questions that do not relate to specific anatomical sites as listed above
- Other applications of irradiation
External links
[edit | edit source]- Wikipedia Radiotherapy article
- Wikibooks: Radiation Oncology Textbook
- American Society Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology – ASTRO: the official site for radiation oncologists
- RT Answers – ASTRO: patient information site
- The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group: an organisation for radiation oncology research
- European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
- RadiologyInfo -The radiology information resource for patients: Radiation Therapy
- Academic Clinical Oncology and Radiobiology Research Network: A NCRI initiative to revitalise radiotherapy research in the UK
- Radiation therapy of breast cancer
- Who does what in Radiation Oncology? - A Useful breakdown of responsibilities of the various personnel within Radiation Oncology in the United States
- Brachytherapy for breast cancer -comprehensive description of modern brachytherapy-based approaches to Breast cancer care.