Perez and Brady's principles and practice of radiation oncology /
Perez and Brady's principles and practice of radiation oncology /
Principles and practice of radiation oncology
editors, Edward C. Halperin, Carlos A. Perez, Luther W. Brady ; associate editors, David E. Wazer, Carolyn Freeman, Leonard R. Prosnitz.
- 6th ed.
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013.
- xxviii, 1907 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Principles and practice of radiation oncology / editors, Carlos A. Perez ... [et al.]. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780781763691 9781451116489
2007027840
101311092 DNLM
Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiometry.
Radiotherapy--methods.
RC271.R3.P73 2013
616.99/40642
2008 B-105 QZ 269 / P438 2008
Rev. ed. of: Principles and practice of radiation oncology / editors, Carlos A. Perez ... [et al.]. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780781763691 9781451116489
2007027840
101311092 DNLM
Cancer--Radiotherapy.
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiometry.
Radiotherapy--methods.
RC271.R3.P73 2013
616.99/40642
2008 B-105 QZ 269 / P438 2008