Principles and practice of radiation oncology
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Principles and practice of radiation oncology
Lippincott-Raven, c1998
3rd ed
Available at 36 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The third edition of this work features 13 new chapters and has been revised to reflect developments in the area of radiation oncology. It covers aspects of the subject from basic cancer biology, radiation biology, and radiation therapy physics to treatment regimens for all cancer sites and tumour types and discussion of results. New chapters in the third edition cover three-dimensional physics and treatment planning; clinical aspects of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; stereotactic irradiation; physics and dosimetry of high dose rate brachytherapy; clinical applications of low dose rate and high dose rate brachytherapy; nonsealed radiation sources and radiouclides; physics of high LET particles and protons; and boron neutron capture. Another new area addressed is palliation of brain, spinal cord, bone, and visceral metastases. A chapter on pain management has also been added.
Table of Contents
- Overview
- biological basis of radiation therapy
- altered fractionation schedules
- morphology of radiation effects on normal tissues
- late effects of cancer treatment - radiation and drug toxicity
- staging and classification of the cancer and the host - a unified approach versus neotaxonomy
- methodology of clinical trials
- principles of radiologic physics, dosimetry and treatment planning
- physics and clinical applications of electron beam therapy
- total body and hemibody radiation
- three-dimensional physics and treatment planning
- 3-D conformal radiation therapy - clinical aspects
- stereotactic irradiation
- physics of brachytherapy
- physics and dosimetry of high dose rate brachytherapy
- clinical applications of brachytherapy, I
- clinical applications of brachytherapy, II
- nonsealed sources, radionuclides
- physics of high LET particles and protons
- particle beam radiation therapy - clinical applications
- radioimmunoglobulins in cancer therapy
- hyperthermia
- chemical modifiers of radiation
- chemotherapy and irradiation
- skin. (Part contents)
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