Oncology

DPhil in Oncology

Course Code | 001955

MSc by Research in Oncology

Course Code | 001965

4-Year Doctoral Programme in Radiobiology

Course Code | 001425a

DPhil in Radiobiology

Course Code | 002200

MSc by Research in Radiobiology

Course Code | 002210

We offer a 3-year DPhil in either Oncology or Radiobiology, in addition to our 4-year DPhil programme comprising the taught MSc in Radiation Biology in the first year. Subject areas for the 3-year DPhil portion cover the entire spectrum of radiobiology topics:

• Biochemistry of base excision repair
  
• Molecular determinants of radiosensitivity
• Tumour stroma interactions in radiobiology
• Molecular imaging
• DNA damage response to the tumour microenvironment
• DNA damage signalling
• Chromosome integrity
• Molecular resistance to treatments
• Mechanisms of metastasis
• Tumour suppressor signalling
• Radiation-induced DNA damage and response
• DNA adduct repair
• Telomeres and genome stability
• Experimental radiation therapeutics
• Advanced imaging technology
• Angiogenesis and Hypoxia, role of miRNA
• Cancer and Immunogenetics
• Cancer Predisposition Disorders and Pharmogenetics
• HPV, apopstosis and cancer
• Insulin-like growth factors
• Tumour growth control
• Gene therapy in particular virotherapy of advanced cancer
• Cancer in the developing world
  

MSc Radiation Biology

Course Code |  001425

A one-year, full-time, taught course in Radiation Biology leading to the award of an MSc. The course starts with lectures, practical demonstrations and tutorials covering the emerging areas of fundamental biology for oncology and its treatment by radiotherapy. This is followed by a six-month research project to be completed within one of the Institute’s seventeen laboratories. The programme engages students in high-quality basic and clinically-applied research.

This course has close connections with the Oxford Cancer Hospital, the Health Protection Agency and the Technical University of Dresden. The MSc also provides the first year of graduate research training for students, some of whom go on to complete the DPhil in Radiobiology at the University of Oxford.

Further details about the MSc are available via the Oncology website

• Departmental laboratory facilities, including the Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology
• Cairns Library
• Knowledge Centre

We are co-located with scientists from other departments and divisions with similar interests and close to clinical facilities at the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals. 

The Centre for Statistics and Medicine is part of the department and works closely with our clinical trials unit.

Information on Academic Staff Profiles

MSc in Experimental Therapeutics

Two-year part-time modular programme offered in conjunction with the Department for Continuing Education.

Future research in radiation oncology and biology, radiation protection, in academia or industry. Our graduates also enter the NHS, science administration and publishing.