Radiation Oncology Residency and Fellowship Training Program

The training program in the department of radiation oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center is designed to provide the resident with a broad knowledge of clinical oncology, radiation biology, radiation physics and biostatistics through a diverse program incorporating didactic instruction, clinical experience, research opportunities and laboratory experience over four years. The program has a strong academic foundation and it is anticipated that residents will participate in research and publishing during their training to prepare them for a career in radiation oncology.


A strong clinical oncology experience is fostered by the one-on-one relationship between staff physicians and residents during their rotations. Teaching is emphasized by daily radiation oncology case conferences, daily multidisciplinary case conferences with the Fox Chase Cancer Center departments of surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiology and pathology, and weekly didactic lectures given by the staff. This clinical and didactic training may be enhanced by off-site clinical elective rotations or translational research in our divisions of radiation physics or biology.

Fox Chase Cancer Center
Fox Chase is an academic institution with an emphasis on oncologic training. In addition to our residency program in radiation oncology, the Center sponsors clinical fellowships in medical oncology, surgical oncology and pathology. Surgical residents, internal medicine residents, and medical students from Temple University Hospital also rotate through the hospital for their oncology training.

Fox Chase is the leader of the Fox Chase Cancer Center Partner community hospitals in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey region. Fox Chase is also the founder of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network that includes Memorial Sloan-Kettering, MD Anderson, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins, Stanford and other leading oncology centers. This network develops national standards for cancer treatment, measuring outcomes, and contracting for cancer services.

The Radiation Oncology Facility
The department of radiation oncology is equipped with four linear accelerators, CT and conventional simulators and a low field open MRI simulator. Patients are treated with both conformal radiation therapy and state-of-the-art intensity modulated radiation therapy. Patients are currently treated with both interstitial and intracavitary low-dose-rate implants using Cesium or Iridium sources. A remote afterloading Nucletron is also used for high-dose-rate implants. The department technology also includes BAT ultrasound, CT-on-rails and stereotactic radiosurgery.