Clinical radiation oncology: expert consult - online and print

The completely revised 2nd Edition of CLINICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY provides the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date information available for treating patients with cancer. Featuring a multidisciplinary perspective, the text examines the therapeutic management of specific disease sites based on both single-modality and combined-modality approaches - providing you with the well-rounded, cutting-edge guidance you need to offer the most effective treatments. A consistent chapter format throughout - paired with an all-new full-color design - makes reference fast and easy. ÍNDICE: SECTION I. SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF RADIATION ONCOLOGYPart A. RADIOBIOLOGYChapter 1. Biological Basis of Radiation OncologyChapter 2. Molecularand Cellular BiologyChapter 3. Dose Response Modifiers in Radiation OncologyChapter 4. Interaction of Chemotherapy and RadiationChapter 5. Biologics and Interactions with RadiationPart B. PHYSICSChapter 6. Radiation Oncology Physics Part C. RELATED CANCER DISCIPLINESChapter 7. Surgical PrinciplesChapter 8. Principles of ChemotherapyChapter 9. Imaging in OncologyChapter 10. Nuclear MedicineChapter 11. Health Services Research in Radiation Oncology: Toward Achieving the Achievable for Patients with CancerChapter 12. Statistics and Clinical TrialsSECTION II. TECHNIQUES AND MODALITIESChapter 13. BrachytherapyChapter 14.Conformal Therapy: Treatment Planning, Treatment Delivery, and Clinical ResultsChapter 15. Intraoperative IrradiationChapter 16. Stereotactic Irradiation: Linear Accelerator and Gamma KnifeChapter 17. Total Body IrradiationChapter 18. Charged Particle RadiotherapyChapter 19. Neutron RadiotherapyChapter 20. HyperthermiaChapter 21. Targeted Radionuclide TherapyChapter 22. Palliation of Metastases: Bone, Spinal Cord, Brain, Liver SECTION III. DISEASE SITESPart A. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS OVERVIEWChapter 23. Low-Grade GliomasChapter 24. High-Grade GliomasChapter 25. Meningioma, Ependymoma and Other Adult Brain TumorsChapter 26. Pituitary TumorsChapter 27. Spinal TumorsChapter 28. Orbital, Ocular, and Optic Nerve TumorsPart B. HEAD AND NECK TUMORS OVERVIEWChapter 29. Oral CavityChapter 30. Oropharyngeal CancerChapter 31. Nasopharyngeal CarcinomaChapter 32. Larynx and Hypopharnyx CancerChapter 33. Sinonasal CancerChapter 34. Salivary Gland CancerChapter 35. Thyroid CancerChapter 36. Squamous Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Neck from an Unknown Head and Neck Primary SiteChapter 37. Management of the NeckChapter 38. Cutaneous CarcinomaChapter 39. MelanomaPart C. THORACIC NEOPLASMS OVERVIEWChapter 40. Small Cell Lung CancerChapter41. Non-Small-Cell Lung CancerChapter 42. Cancer of the EsophagusChapter 43. Uncommon Thoracic MalignanciesPart D. GASTROINTESTINAL TUMORS OVERVIEWChapter 44. Stomach CancerChapter 45. Pancreatic CancerChapter 46. Hepatobiliary TumorsChapter 47. Colon CancerChapter 48. Rectal CancerChapter 49. Anal CarcinomaPart E. GENITOURINARY TUMORS OVERVIEWChapter 50. Prostate CancerChapter 51. Bladder CancerChapter 52. Testicular CancerChapter 53. Kidney and Ureteral CarcinomaChapter 54. Penile Cancer Part F. GYNECOLOGIC TUMORS OVERVIEWChapter 55. Cervical CancerChapter 56. Endometrial CancerChapter 57. Vulvar and Vaginal CarcinomaChapter 58. Ovarian CancerPart G. BREAST CANCER OVERVIEWChapter 59. Noninvasive Breast CancerChapter 60. Breast Cancer: Stages I and IIChapter 61. Breast Cancer: Stages T3 and T4 Locally Advanced and Inflammatory Breast Cancer andPostmastectomy Radiation TherapyPart H. SARCOMA and BENIGN DISEASEChapter 62.Soft Tissue SarcomaChapter 63. Radiotherapy of Non-malignant DiseasesPart I. CHILDHOOD CANCERS OVERVIEWChapter 64. Central Nervous System Tumors in ChildhoodChapter 65. Pediatric Soft Tissue SarcomasChapter 66. Pediatric Sarcomas of BoneChapter 67. Wilm's TumorChapter 68. RetinoblastomaChapter 69. NeuroblastomaChapter 70. Leukemias and Lymphomas in ChildrenChapter 71. HodgkinsChapter 72. Rare Tumors in ChildrenPart J. LYMPHOMA AND HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES OVERVIEWChapter 73. Hodgkin's DiseaseChapter 74. Non-Hodgkin's DiseaseChapter 75. Multiple Myeloma and other Plasma Cell NeoplasmsChapter 76. Mycosis FungoidesINDEX

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1637-5
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1660
• Fecha Publicación: 31/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés