Advances in Radiation Oncology in Lung Cancer

by Jeremic, Branislav

• ISBN13: 9783540005223
• ISBN10: 3540005226
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-16
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Although decades of laboratory and clinical research have led to incremental improvement in treatment outcome, lung cancer remains one of the most deadly diseases. This volume is unique in being devoted solely to the radiation oncology of lung cancer, and will be of great value to all who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Both non-small cell and small cell lung cancer are considered in detail. Current state-of-the-art treatment strategies and novel approaches that promise further improvements in outcome are explained and evaluated, with the aid of high-quality illustrations. Treatment-related toxicity is discussed, and further individual chapters focus on topics such as quality of life studies, prognostic factors and pitfalls in the design and analysis of clinical trials.

Table of Contents

Pretreatment Considerations	1	(44)
Molecular Biology and Genetics of Lung Cancer	3	(10)
Neil E. Martin
Stephen M. Hahn
W. Gillies McKenna
Angiogenesis in Lung Cancer	13	(18)
Dietmar W. Siemann
Susan M. Galbraith
Wenyin Shi
Contemporary Issues in Staging of Lung Cancer	31	(14)
Frank B. Zimmermann
Basic Treatment Considerations	45	(122)
Lung Cancer Surgery	47	(12)
Sidhu P. Gangadharan
Philip A. Linden
David J. Sugarbaker
Radiation Therapy
Radiobiology of Normal Lung Tissue and Lung Tumours	59	(8)
Yuta Shibamoto
Masaki Hara
Radiation Time, Dose, and Fractionation in the Treatment of Lung Cancer	67	(10)
Melenda Jeter
Ritsuko Komaki
James D. Cox
Treatment Planning and Conformal Radiotherapy	77	(20)
Mary K. Martel
Target Volumes in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	97	(14)
Frank J. Lagerwaard
Suresh Senan
Target Volumes in Small Cell Lung Cancer	111	(12)
Yolanda Garces
James A. Bonner
Radioprotectors and Chemoprotectors in the Management of Lung Cancer	123	(12)
Ritsuko Komaki
Joe Chang
Zhongxing Liao
James D. Cox
K.A. Mason
Luka Milas
Lung Cancer Chemotherapy for Radiation Oncologists	135	(20)
Suresh Ramalingam
Chandra P. Belani
Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy -- Fundamentals and Preclinical Data	155	(12)
A. William Blackstock
Kevin P. McMullen
Current Treatment Strategies in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	167	(108)
Early Stage in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	169	(38)
Radiotherapy in Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	169	(20)
Branislav Jeremic
Postoperative Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma	189	(10)
Jeffrey C. Haynes
Mitchell Machtay
Photodynamic Therapy	199	(8)
Tom G. Sutedja
Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	207	(68)
Radiochemotherapy in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	207	(16)
Branislav Jeremic
Aleksandar Dagovic
Chemotherapy or Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgical Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	223	(24)
Nena Mirkovic
Kathy S. Albain
Palliative External Beam Thoracic Radiotherapy	247	(8)
Jason Lester
Fergus R. Macbeth
Intraoperative Electron Beam Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer	255	(14)
Javier Aristu
Leire Arbea
Felipe A. Calvo
Intraluminal Radiotherapy	269	(6)
Ron Stout
Paul A. Burt
Philip V. Barber
Treatment of Small-Cell Lung Cancer	275	(22)
Limited Disease of Small-Cell Lung Cancer	277	(10)
Branislav Jeremic
Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation in Small-Cell Lung Cancer	287	(10)
Cecile Le Pechoux
Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Lung Cancer	297	(12)
Branislav Jeremic
Michael Bamberg
Radiotherapy of Lung Cancer in Elderly Patient	309	(12)
Branislav Jeremic
Michael Molls
Advances in Supportive and Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients	321	(16)
Michael J. Simoff
Paul A. Kvale
Treatment-Related Toxicity	337	(58)
Hematological Toxicity in Lung Cancer	339	(12)
Francesc Casas
Nuria Vinolas
Radiation-Induced Lung and Heart Toxicity	351	(16)
Timothy D. Shafman
Xiaoli Yu
Zjelko Vujaskovic
Mitchell Anscher
Keith Miller
Robert Prosnitz
Lawrence B. Marks
Spinal Cord	367	(6)
Timothy E. Schultheiss
Radiation Therapyy-Related Toxicity: Esophagus	373	(10)
Maria Werner-Wasik
Brain Toxicity	383	(12)
Carsten Nieder
Anca Ligia Grosu
Quality of Life in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer	395	(16)
Hans Langendijk
Neil K. Aaronson
Prognostic Factors in Lung Cancer	411	(10)
Frank B. Zimmermann
Future Strategies in Lung Cancer	421	(74)
Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer	423	(12)
Wilfried De Neve
Marie Chaltin
K. Vandecasteele
Werner De Gersem
Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Gated Therapy	435	(12)
Hiroki Shirato
Rikiya Onimaru
Masaharu Fujino
Hiroki Onishi
Novel Substances in the Treatment of Lung Cancer for Radiation Oncologists	447	(14)
L. Chinsoo Cho
Hak Choy
Pet Scanning in Staging and Evaluation of Response to Treatment of Lung Cancer	461	(12)
Michael P. Mac Manus
Rodney J. Hicks
Heavy Particles in Lung Cancer	473	(8)
David Bush
Translational Research in Radiation Oncology of Lung Cancer	481	(14)
Yuhchyau Chen
Pitfalls in the Design, Conduct and Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials	495	(10)
Richard Stephens
New Directions in the Evaluation and Presentation of Clinical Research in Lung Cancer	505	(8)
Elinor Thompson
Fergus Macbeth
Subject Index	513	(4)
List of Contributors	517