Designed for rapid, on-the-spot consultation, Radiation Oncology presents the most essential information that is immediately required in the daily clinical practice of radiation oncology.

The first 12 chapters succinctly review concepts that are crucial in treatment planning and patient management. The remaining 52 chapters describe treatment regimens for all cancer sites and tumor types.

This Second edition reflects many improvements in radiation treatment of malignancies. A new chapter covers intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The book contains more than 300 practical illustrations, including full-color in the chapters on IMRT and 3-D physics and treatment planning.

Contents

1. Fundamentals of Patient Management
2. External Beam Dosimetry and Treatment Planning (Photons)
3. Physics and Clinical Applications of Electron Beam Therapy
4. Three-Dimensional Physics and Treatment Planning
5. Intensity-Modulation Radiation Therapy Physics and Treatment Planning
6. Stereotactic Irradiation
7. Total-Body Hemibody Irradiation
8. Altered Fractionation Schedules
9. Physics of Brachytherapy
10. Physics and Dosimetry of High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
11. Nonsealed Radionuclide Therapy
12. Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
13. Skin, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Kaposi's Sarcoma
14. Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
15. Brain, Brainstem and Cerebellum
16. Pituitary
17. Spinal Cord
18. Eye
19. Ear
20. Nasopharynx
21. Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses
22. Salivary Glands
23. Oral Cavity
24. Tonsillar Fossa and Faucial Arch
25. Base of Tongue
26. Hypopharynx
27. Larynx
28. Unusual Nonepithelial Tumors of the Head and Neck
29. Thyroid
30. Lung
31. Mediastinum and Trachea
32. Esophagus
33. Breast: Stage Tis, T1 and T2 Tumors
34. Breast: Locally Advanced (T3 and T4), Inflammatory and Recurrent Tumors
35. Stomach
36. Pancreas and Hepatobiliary Tract
37. Colon and Rectum
38. Anal Canal
39. Kidney, Renal Pelvis and Ureter
40. Bladder
41. Female Urethra
42. Prostate
43. Testis
44. Penis and Male Urethra
45. Uterine Cervix
46. Endometrium
47. Ovary
48. Fallopian Tube
49. Vagina
50. Vulva
51. Retroperitoneum
52. Hodgkin's Disease
53. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas
54. Multiple Myeloma and Plasmacytomas
55. Bone
56. Soft Tissue Sarcomas (Excluding Retroperitoneum)
57. Brain Tumors in Children
58. Wilms' Tumor
59. Neuroblastoma
60. Rhabdomyosarcoma
61. Lymphomas in Children
62. Radiation Treatment of Benign Disease
63. Palliation: Brain, Spinal Cord, Bone and Visceral Metastases
64. Pain Management

Appendix: Commonly Prescribed Drugs
Index

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