FRCR Part 1 (Oncology) - CO1 - suggested reading list

Core Texts

Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics – Lauren Pecorino; 5th Ed (OUP Oxford 2021)

Basic Clinical Radiobiology – Joiner & van der Kogel; 5th Ed (CRC Press 2018)

Additional Reading

The Basic Science of Oncology - Tannock, Hill, Bristow & Harrington; 6th Ed (McGraw-Hill International Editions 2021)

Radiobiology for the Radiologist – Eric J. Hall, Amato J. Giaccia; 8th Ed (Wolters Kluwer Health 2018)

Core Texts

Summary of Products Characteristics on www.medicines.org.uk

A Beginners Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatments- Elaine Vickers; 1st Ed (Wiley-Blackwell 2018)

 Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics – Lauren Pecorino; 4th Ed (OUP Oxford 2016)

 Cancer Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy Review: Study Guide for Oncology Boards and MOC

Exams- Francis P. Worden, Anthony J. Perissinotti, Bernard L. Marini
(Demos Medical 2016)

 Oxford Handbook of Oncology - Miranda Payne and Jim Cassidy
(Oxford Medical Handbooks 2015)

Anticancer Therapeutics: From Drug Discovery to Clinical Applications - Adam Todd; (John Wiley and sons Inc. Jan 2018)

Additional Reading

Oxford Textbook of Oncology - David J. Kerr and Daniel G. Haller
(OUP Oxford 2016)

Specifically for opioid and steroid conversion tables, please refer to:
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/medicines-guidance/prescribing-in-palliative-care/ 
https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/glucocorticoid-therapy/ 

Core Texts

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated – Coggon, Barker & Rose; 5th Ed 2003 (BMJ Books)

Clinical Trials in Cancer: Principles and Practice – Girling, Parmar, Stenning, Stephens & Stewart 2003 (Oxford University Press)
and one of the following:

An Introduction to Medical Statistics – Bland 4th Ed 2015 (Oxford University Press)

Medical Statistics at a Glance – Petrie & Sabin 3rd Ed 2009 (Wiley-Blackwell)

Additional Reading

Design of Studies for Medical Research – Machin & Campbell 2006 (Wiley Blackwell)

Medical Statistics: A Textbook for the Health Sciences (Medical Statistics) – Campbell, Machin and Walkers; 4th Ed 2007 (John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials – Mark Elwood; 4th Ed 2017 (Oxford University Press)

Further Information

CONSORT: www.consort-statement.org 

Clinical Trials Tool Kit: www.ct-toolkit.ac.uk 

Statistical Notes in BMJ: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mb55/pubs/pbstnote.htm 

Core Texts

Radiotherapy in Practice: Physics for Clinical Oncology – Sibtain, Morgan & MacDougall (Oxford University Press 2012)

 Radiotherapy in Practice: Brachytherapy – Hoskin & Coyle
(Oxford University Press 2005)

The Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (HMSO 2017)

Ionising Radiations Regulations (IRR) 2017

Significant accidental and unintended exposures under IRMER: guidance for employers and duty holders (Care Quality Commission)

International Commission on Radiation Units (ICRU) Report 83: Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Photon Beam IMRT 2011

ICRU Report 71: Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Electron Beam Therapy 2004

ICRU Report 62: Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Photon Beam Therapy (Supplement to ICRU Report 50) 1999

International Commission on Radiation Units (ICRU) Report 50: Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Photon Beam Therapy 1993 www.icru.org 

Additional Reading

Geometric Uncertainties in Radiotherapy

(The British Institute of Radiology 2003)

Radiotherapy in Practice: External Beam Therapy Hoskin (Oxford University Press 2006)