
Advances in Radiation Therapy
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 12. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 305 pages
978-1-4613-7644-6 (ISBN)
Description
Recent advances in radiation oncology have depended upon and are intertwined with subsequent scientific discoveries and the development of new techniques in the fields of radiation and molecular biology, physics, electrical engineering, surgery, and medical oncology.
This volume describes how some of the recent discoveries in the radiological sciences have influenced the way radiation oncology is practised. As there are many advances in this field, the Editors have chosen to concentrate on selected topics in clinical radiotherapy, radiation physics and biology, and technical innovations that have had a major impact on radiation oncology in the past twenty years. It is hoped that the techniques described in this volume will increase tumor control and prolong patient survival and at the same time decrease radiation-induced side effects and complications.
This volume describes how some of the recent discoveries in the radiological sciences have influenced the way radiation oncology is practised. As there are many advances in this field, the Editors have chosen to concentrate on selected topics in clinical radiotherapy, radiation physics and biology, and technical innovations that have had a major impact on radiation oncology in the past twenty years. It is hoped that the techniques described in this volume will increase tumor control and prolong patient survival and at the same time decrease radiation-induced side effects and complications.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 305 p.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4613-7644-6 (9781461376446)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4615-5769-2
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Bharat B. Mittal | James A. Purdy | K.K. Ang
Advances in Radiation Therapy
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Content
1. Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Dose Delivery - A Physicist's Perspective.- 2. Radiation Therapy Beam Modulation Techniques.- 3. Computer-Controlled Delivery of 3D Conformal Radiation Treatments.- 4. Implementation and Clinical Use of Portal Imaging.- 5. Altered Fractionation: Radiobiological Principles, Clinical Results, and Potential for Dose Escalation.- 6. Pharmacologic Modification of Radiation-Induced Late Normal Tissue Injury.- 7. Role of Gene Therapy in Radiation Oncology.- 8. Potential Applications of Cell Cycle Manipulation to Clinical Response.- 9. Advances in Brachytherapy.- 10. Recent Advances in External Electromagnetic Hyperthermia.- 11. Implementation of Newer Radiotherapeutic Technology in the Management of Prostate Cancer.- 12. Conformal Radiation Therapy - A Physician's Perspective.- 13. Clinical Applications of Stereotactic Radiosurgery.