The UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology pushes back the boundaries that limit ordinary clinical cancer treatment through the application of thoughtful discovery-based, novel treatment strategies.
For decades, radiation researchers at UCLA have had a pre-eminent international reputation in advancing our understanding of the natural biology of the cancer and its cure by radiation therapy. This depth of knowledge has led to unique treatment strategies that have had a major impact around the world. The tradition to allow research to optimize patient treatment strategies continues!
Biomedical Physics Interdepartmental Graduate Program
The goal of the Biomedical Physics Interdepartmental Graduate Program is been the development of research scientists who are well versed in physics, mathematics, engineering and computer science, and who understand the application of these disciplines to the instruments and techniques used in the practice of radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology. read more
Translational research
Translational research is a type of combined clinical and basic science investigation in which knowledge learned from the basic research in the laboratory with genes, cells, or animals is translated into therapeutic intervention in human subjects. Knowledge from our clinical experience can also be translated back into the laboratory to ask clinically relevant problems afflicting our patients. The goal of the Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA is to conduct translational research that has the highest potential for immediate benefits to our patients with cancer who are treated with radiation therapy. Without translational research, much of what we have learned in the laboratory would not have been applied to the treatment of human cancers. read more
Division of Radiation Biology
The Experimental Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology will continue to create an environment of excellence and leadership in biological aspects of radiation research as it relates to radiation therapy. read more