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Title
Perez and Brady's principles and practice of radiation oncology
Type
Text
Contribution
Halperin, Edward C. Contributor
Perez, Carlos A., 1934- Contributor
Brady, Luther W., 1925-2018 Contributor
Subject
Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiometry.
Radiotherapy--methods.
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Classification
LCC: RC271.R3 P73 2008
2008 B-105
QZ 269 P438 2008
DDC: 616.99/40642 full
Content
text
Table Of 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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Halperin, Edward C. Perez and Brady's principles and practice of radiation oncology