Rev. ed. of: Principles and practice of radiation oncology / editors, Carlos A. Perez ... [et al.]. c2004. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The discipline of radiation oncology -- Biologic basis of radiation therapy -- Molecular cancer and radiation biology -- Molecular pathophysiology of tumors -- Principles of radiologic physics, dosimetry, and treatment planning -- Photon external-beam dosimetry and treatment planning -- Electron-beam therapy: dosimetry, planning, and techniques -- Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy: physics, treatment planning, and clinical aspects -- Intensity-modulated radiation treatment techniques and clinical applications -- Image-guided radiation therapy -- Altered fractionation schedules -- Late effects of cancer treatment on normal tissues -- Methodology of clinical trials -- Total-body and hemibody irradiation -- Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy -- Sterotatic irradiation of tumors outside the central nervous system -- Intraoperative radiotherapy -- Particle beam radiotherapy -- Physics and biology of brachytherapy -- Clinical applications of brachytherapy: low-dose-rate and pulse-dose-rate -- The physics and dosimetry of high-dose-rate brachytherapy -- Clinical aspects and applications of high-dose-rate brachytherapy -- Radioimmunoglobulins and nonsealed radionuclide therapy -- Photodynamic therapy -- Radiation oncology in the developing world -- Chemical modifiers of radiation response -- Oncologic imaging/oncologic anatomy -- Hyperthermia -- Basic concepts of chemotherapy and irradiation interaction -- Skin -- Malignant neoplasms associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Primary intracranial neoplasms -- Pituitary -- Spinal canal -- Eye and orbit -- Ear -- The role of combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the management of locally advanced squamous carcinoma of the head and neck -- Nasopharynx -- Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses -- Salivary glands -- Oral cavity cancer -- Oropharynx -- Hypopharynx cancer -- Larynx -- Unusual nonepithelial tumors of the head and neck -- Management of the neck including unknwon primary tumor -- Thyroid -- Lung -- Mediastinum and trachea -- Esophageal cancer -- Tumors of the heart and great vessels -- Breast: stage tis -- Early stage breast cancer -- Breast cancer: locally advanced and recurrent disease, postmastectomy radiation, and systemic therapies -- Stomach -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Liver and hepatobiliary tract -- Colon and rectum -- Anal cancer -- Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter -- Bladder -- Low-risk prostate cancer -- Intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer -- Testis -- Penis and male urethra -- Uterine cervix -- Endometrium -- Ovary -- Fallopian tube -- Vagina -- Female urethra -- Carcinoma of the vulva -- Retroperitoneum -- Adrenal gland -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma -- Leukemia -- Plasma cell myeloma and plasmacytoma -- Osteosarcoma -- Soft tissue sarcomas (excluding retroperitoneum) -- Central nervous system tumors in children -- Wilms' tumor -- Neuroblastoma -- Rhabdomyosarcoma -- Ewing tumor -- Lymphomas in children -- Unusual tumors in childhood -- Radiotherapy of non-malignant diseases -- Endovascular brachytherapy -- Palliation of brain and spinal cord metastases -- Palliation of bone metastases -- Palliation of visceral recurrences and metastases -- Pain management -- Supportive care and quality of life -- Technology assessment, cost benefit, outcome analysis research and evidence-based radiation oncology -- Ethics, professional values, and legal considerations in radiation oncology -- The economics of radiation oncology.
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