
Fundamentals of Radiation Oncology
Physical, Biological, and Clinical Aspects
Description
Key Features
- New chapters on brachytherapy, IMRT/IGRT, SRS, SBRT, proton therapy, immunotherapy, combined modality therapy, and benign diseases
- Eighth edition of the AJCC staging system
- IMRT techniques for all common cancer sites, along with up-to-date treatment recommendations
- Relevant, landmark studies that provide evidence-based rationale for recommended treatments
Readership
Radiation dosimetrists, medical physicists, radiation biologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists
Table of Contents
Part I BASIC SCIENCE OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY
1. Radiation Physics, Dosimetry, and Treatment Planning
2. Radiation Protection
3. Radiation Biology
4. Molecular Cancer BiologyPART II TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIES OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY
5. Brachytherapy
6. Intensity Modulated and Image Guided Radiation Therapy
7. Stereotactic Radiation: Cranial Lesions
8. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Lung Cancers
9. Proton Radiation Therapy
10. Immunotherapy
11. Radiation and Combined Modality Therapy
12. Statistical Considerations in Radiation OncologyPart III CLINICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY
13. Skin Cancers
14. Primary Brain Cancers
15. Head and Neck Cancers
16. Breast Cancers
17. Thoracic Cancers
18. Gastrointestinal Cancers
19. Genitourinary Cancers
20. Gynecological Cancers
21. Lymphoma and Hematologic Cancers
22. Sarcomas
23. Pediatric Cancers
24. Benign TumorsPart IV PALLIATIVE CARE AND RADIATION Treatment Toxicity
25. Metastatic Cancers
26. Radiation Treatment Toxicities and Their Management
Product details
- No. of pages: 746
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2019
- Published: January 5, 2019
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128141281
- eBook ISBN: 9780128141298
About the Editor
Hasan Murshed
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