Research:Department
of Radiation Oncology is committed to providing high quality patient
care through technology enhancement, clinical, translational and
basic research.
Clinical
research is actively conducted in the department. Disease spectific
clinical procotols are designed to improve treatment modalities
and are strictly followed after approval of institutional review
board. The physicians in our department also actively participate
in various clinical trials sponsored by radiation therapy oncology
group (RTOG). The focus in clincial research is:
- Design
of clinical protocols for various cancer treatment management
- Participation
of nationally and internationally sponsored and initiated protocols
Translational
research is to translate scientific discoveries and technological
inventions into practical applications to improve patient care quality
and treatment efficacy. The researchers in our department have been
conducting the research in the areas of genetic markers and radiation
physics, and have published many research papers
in both internationally and nationally renowed peer-reviewed journals.
The focus of the translational research in the department is:
- Genetic
markers in various cancers and their roles in determination of
cancer management
- Brachytherapy
dosimetry - theory and measurements
- Imaging
registration and processing in radiation therapy
- Radiobiological
Modeling in Brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy
- Radiosurgery
Physics
Basic
science research is the future of healthcare and is the foundation
of new innovations. The radiobiological
research in our department is focused on
- understanding
the cell and molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to DNA
damage, and to identify their etiological roles in tumorigenesis
- developing
innovative approaches to sensitize tumor cells to radiation and
other therapeutic DNA damage, and minimizing short and long term
side effects of these cancer treatments.
The improvement of the image processing and image registration is
the focus of the radiation
physics basic research.
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