Hypofractionated and Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Orit Kaidar-Person, Department of Radiation Oncology,University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,USAOncology Institute, Radiation Oncology and Neuro-Oncology Unit,Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel Ronald Chen, MD, MPH Department of Radiation Oncology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 101 Manning Drive, CB 7512 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Lawrence B. Marks, MD Department of Radiation Oncology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 1043 NC Clinical Cancer Building Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Biological Rationale for Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy.-   Modern Physics and Technological Developments for Delivery of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy.-  Prostate Cancer.- Breast Cancer.- Lung Cancer.-  Skin Cancer.- Central Nervous System Tumors.- Gastrointestinal Cancer.- Gynecologic Cancer.- Pediatric Cancer.-  Palliation.  

"This book is an excellent review of the literature supporting the usage of hypofractionated radiotherapy. It is well organized and presents in tabular format important indications for hypofractionated radiotherapy. Of the readership of Neurosurgery, CNS radiation oncologists, brain and spine tumor neurosurgeons, and radiation oncology residents would particularly benefit from the expertise provided in this review. Community radiation oncologists would also find this review quite useful given the relative novelty of hypofractionated radiotherapy ... ." (Michael Chan, Neurosurgery, Vol. 85 (3), September, 2019)

"The book provides a history of radiobiology and hypofractionation, giving a concise background of how both radiation therapy and the understandings of radiobiology have co-evolved before discussing further the physics behind hypofractionation and SRS/SBRT. ...  the book is very well presented and is designed to be a 'handbook' that is both relevant and accessible, with current information enabling the reader to locate and utilise practical and supported data." (Craig Jones, RAD Magazine, March, 2019)