Levitt and Tapley's Technological Basis of Radiation Therapy : Clinical Applications

by Levitt, Seymour H.; Potish, Roger A.; Khan, Faiz M.; Perez, Carlos A.

• ISBN13: 9780683301236
• ISBN10: 0683301233
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Text for radiation oncologists on achieving optimal therapy with current techniques. Previous edition: c1992. Halftone illustrations. Includes new chapters on treatment planning. DNLM: Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Table of Contents

Part I: Basic Concepts in Treatment Planning
Basic Clinical Parameters	3	(11)
Gilbert H. Fletcher
Clinical Principles and Applications of Chemoirradiation	14	(16)
Joseph Cirrone
Hassan Aziz
Marvin Rotman
Fundamentals of Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology	30	(22)
Carlos A. Perez
James A. Purdy
The Simulation Process in the Determination and Definition of the Treatment Volume and Treatment Planning	52	(12)
Bruce J. Gerbi
Complex Field Arrangements: Field Shaping and Separation of Adjoining Fields	64	(8)
Faiz M. Khan
Electron Beam Therapy	72	(14)
Faiz M. Khan
Marsha D. McNeese
Treatment Aids for External Beam Radiotherapy	86	(18)
Donald M. Robach
Faiz M. Khan
Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Therapy	104	(24)
James A. Purdy
Bahman Emami
Mary V. Graham
Jeff Michalski
Carlos A. Perez
Joseph Simpson
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy	128	(19)
Daniel A. Low
James A. Purdy
Carlos A. Perez
K. S. Clifford Chao
Russell L. Gerber
Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy	147	(26)
Kwan H. Cho
Bruce J. Gerbi
Walter A. Hall
Brachytherapy: Rules of Implantation and Dose Specification	173	(11)
Faiz M. Khan
Radiobiology of Low and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy	184	(16)
Eric J. Hall
The Physics of High Dose Rate Brachytherapy	200	(10)
Gary A. Ezzell
Clinical Applications of Low Dose Rate and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy	210	(13)
Judith Anne Stitt
Bruce Robert Thomadsen
Part II: Practical Clinical Applications
Central Nervous System Tumors	223	(46)
Gordon Watson
Mark G. Marshall
William A. Dezarn
J. Daniel Bourland
Edward G. Shaw
Head and Neck Cancer	269	(32)
James T. Parsons
Jatinder R. Palta
William M. Mendenhall
Frank J. Bova
Rodeny R. Million
Breast Cancer	301	(14)
Marsha McNeese
Eric A. Strom
Thomas A. Buchholz
Seymour H. Levitt
Faiz M. Khan
Carcinoma of the Lung and Esophagus	315	(20)
Mary V. Graham
Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus	335	(14)
James A. Martenson Jr.
Michael G. Haddock
Leonard L. Gunderson
Bladder Cancer	349	(14)
Alan R. Schulsinger
Ron Allison
Chul K. Sohn
Vinceno Valentini
Marvin Rotman
Low-Dose Rate-Brachytherapy for Carcinoma of the Cervix	363	(24)
Kathryn E. Dusenbery
Technical Aspects of Radiation Therapy for Endometrial Carcinoma	387	(16)
Perry W. Grigsby
K. S. Clifford Chao
Carcinoma of the Vulva	403	(14)
Ellen Bellairs
Roger A. Potish
Carcinoma of the Vagina	417	(18)
Carlos A. Perez
Prostate	435	(32)
Carlos A. Perez
Jeff M. Michalski
Alvaro A. Martinez
Testicular Cancer	467	(14)
David H. Hussey
Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Adults	481	(18)
Kathryn E. Dusenbery
Roby C. Thompson
Total Body Irradiation in Conditioning Regimens for Bone Marrow Transplantation	499	(11)
Kathryn E. Dusenbery
Bruce J. Gerbi
Hodgkin's Disease	510
Chung Kyu Kim Lee