FRCR oncology part 1 Revision notes

I have promised that I will upload all my revision notes for each subjects.As you know, the reference textbooks for clinical oncology is indeed expensive, in order to earn some money to support myself in study, I would like to sell my revision notes in an affordable price. The revision notes were prepared according to the FRCR syllabus and it's exam-orientated.In order to make the contents in good  flow and make it more interesting to reader, the topics in the content are the general topic where some of the topics in the FRCR's syllabus were combined into.Before you purchased any one of my notes, you can download the sample for preview or buy one of the subjects to review. If you buy all subjects in one goal (a zip file contained all the 5 subjects in separated pdf format), you will get special discount during promotion period now.Thank you very much for you support!!!

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Hopefully MCQ for each subjects will be make available for you as well soon.

FRCR reference textbooks

Reference textbooks

These are the standard textbooks for reading and digging out information when in doubt.

textbooks
 
I would personnaly recommended the following texts book for FRCR examination.

Cancer biology -Basic Science of Oncology, Fifth Edition  

Radiobiology- Radiobiology for the Radiologist

Pharmacology-DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology (Cancer: Principles & Practice (DeVita) (chapter - pharmacology of cancer bio-therapeutic)

Biostatistic-Medical Statistics at a Glance

Physics- Khan's Lectures: Handbook of the Physics of Radiation Therapy  


p/s: My revision notes for each subjects will be posted to the websites soon!!!!
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Clinical Oncology FRCR

Clinical oncology FRCR 

Clinical oncologists treat solid tumours with radiotherapy (external beam & brachytherapy), chemotherapy (cytotoxics, biological therapy, molecularly targeted agents) and increasingly with a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy (concurrent chemoradiotherapy- CCRT).

Medical oncologists focus more on drugs development and delivered chemotherapy alone to treat solid tumours whereas haematologists only treat blood-related cancer.

In UK, in order to pursue training in Clinical Oncology, the prerequisite is membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP). Trainees need to obtain fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) by examinations before a certificate of the completion of specialist training (CCST) is awarded. FRCR part 1 comprises core scientific information or basic sciences of cancer- cancer biology/radiobiology, clinical pharmacology, physics and medical statistics.  FRCR part 1 examination comprises four papers of single best answer (SBA) questions where cancer biology and radiobiology combined in one paper and the 3 subjects mentioned above as 3 separated papers tested. The exam papers for the four subjects are held twice a year. More complete information regarding FRCR part 1 examination can be obtained in the official website of FRCR i.e syllabus, dates,fees and sample of SBA questions which are very useful for the candidates.

I have just passed my FRCR part 1 in clinical oncology and understood the difficulty in studying lots of the recommended reference texts in the midst of hectic working schedules. I hope my revision notes will help you to grasp the basic principles and know ledges that tested in the FRCR part 1 examination and useful during last minutes revision and it is not meant to replace standard reference textbooks. I hope that you can pass all FRCR part 1 subjects in one attempt and probably not 2!!!