Doctor of Medicine [MD] (Radiotherapy)

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Stream	Radiotherapy
Duration	3 years
Course Type	Post-Graduation

MD Radiotherapy: What is it About?

MD Radiotherapy or Radiation Oncology is a highly specialized and technical discipline in clinical medicine comprising treatment with ionizing radiations and cytotoxic agents as major arms in non-surgical management and treatment of cancer. With a view to update, by the inclusion of newer topics, and to provide a uniform syllabus and course contents in Indian universities and teaching medical institutions, the proposed guidelines provide course outlines based on recent developments in clinical medicine and other disciplines related to oncology. The goal of providing training under this specialty is to enable the post graduate students to acquire complete knowledge in diagnosis and comprehensive management of cancer patients with radiotherapy. This clinical specialty is exclusively focused only on oncology at the post-graduate level. Hence, the doctors trained under this field, after completing their course, should be fully capable of handling cancer patients with non-surgical modalities of diagnosis and treatment. Besides, as per WHO, they should also be capable of guiding and coordinating cancer prevention, control, screening, early detection, rehabilitation, palliative and terminal care programs for these patients in the country as per the evolving needs and to meet the objectives of the National Cancer Control Programme of India.

Eligibility

Entry into post MBBS MD/MS/Diploma, DNB (Diplomat of National Board) & CPS (College of Physicians and Surgeons) program is through a national level centralized entrance test called NEET PG entrance Exam by NBE , Candidates need to satisfy the eligibility criteria mentioned below:

• Candidates should have obtained an MBBS Degree from an institution recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI).
• Candidate should have completed a 1- year compulsory rotating internship after passing the final professional examination which is MBBS before 31st March of the academic year.
• Candidates in possession of an MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Passing Certificate recognized by the Indian Medical Council of India or State Medical Council and have completed 1 year of internship or/ are likely to complete the internship on or before 31st March of the relevant year.

A candidate must clear NEET-PG exam in order to be

• Eligible for admission to postgraduate Medical Courses for a particular academic year in case of General, General-EWS, it shall be necessary for a candidate to obtain a minimum of marks at 50th percentile in NEET-PG (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test) to Postgraduate Medical Courses held for the said academic year.
• However, in respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the minimum marks shall be at 40th percentile. In respect of candidates with Benchmark Disabilities specified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the minimum marks shall be at 45th percentile for Unreserved Category & GEN-EWS Category candidates and 40th percentile for SC/ST/OBC-NCL candidates.
• The percentile shall be determined on the basis of highest marks secured in the All India common merit list in National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test for admission to Postgraduate Medical Courses

Please Note: The following Medical institutions are not covered by centralized admissions for MD/MS seats through NEET- PG

• AIIMS, New Delhi and other AIIMS
• PGIMER, Chandigarh
• JIPMER, Puducherry
• NIMHANS, Bengaluru
• SreeChitraTirunal Institute  for  Medical  Sciences  and  Technology, Trivandrum

MD Radiotherapy: Syllabus and Course Description

Year I	Year II	Year III
Clinical Oncology (In-patient ward and special clinics)	Clinical Oncology & Critical Care (In–patient ward & special clinics)	Radiation Oncology (Inpatient ward and special clinics)
Radiation Physics	Radiation Physics	Dissertation
Pathology/Radiobiology	Palliative Care	To be submitted at least 6 months before the final examination.
Diagnostic Radiology	Medical Oncology including Haemato-oncology (In-patient ward and special clinics)	-
Cancer Epidemiology and Statistics	Simulator and Teletherapy machine posting	-
Cancer Research and Laboratory methods	-	-

To know more about the syllabus, click  MD-Radiotherapy 

Top Institutes offering MD in Radiotherapy

Sr.No	List of Top Institutes offering MD Radio Therapy Course Under NEET PG
1	V.M.M.C. and S.J. HOSPITAL. New DELHI
2	Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai
3	MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLL., N.DELHI
4	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
5	Government Medical College, Kozhikode
6	INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, VARANASI
7	B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
8	Government Medical College, Kottayam
9	JWAHAR LAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE, ALIGARH
10	MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHENNAI
11	Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
12	Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
13	Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore
14	Dr. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL, SCIENCE,LUCKNOW
15	Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore
16	Dr. B. BOROOAH CANCER INSTITUTE, Guwahati
17	Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Indore
18	Government Medical College, Thrissur
19	Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, KANPUR
20	Osmania Medical College Koti
21	King Georges Medical University, LUCKNOW
22	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College, Raipur
23	GOVT. MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Chandigarh
24	Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences
25	Government Medical College, Aurangabad
26	R.G. KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA
27	Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak
28	Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
29	Government Medical College, Nagpur
30	MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOLKATA
31	Guru Govind Singh Medical College, Faridkot
32	Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal
33	Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha
34	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical college, Jabalpur
35	Nilratan Sircar Medical College,KOLKATA
36	Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner
37	BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, BURDWAN
38	Sawai ManSingh Medical College, Jaipur
39	Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal
40	Shrirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Cuttack
41	Indra Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
42	Sarojini Naidu Medical College, AGRA
43	Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education Research,KOLKATA