Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy (eBook)

Basic Concepts in Treatment Planning: Modeling Therapeutic Ratios for Different Fractionation Schedules.- Malignant Tumors Following Irradiation.- Clinical Principles & Applications of Chemoirradiation.- Imaging in Radiation Therapy.- Physics of Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology.- The Simulation Process in the Determination and Definition of the Treatment Volume and Treatment Planning.- Electron Beam Therapy.- Treatment Aids for External Beam Radiotherapy.- 3-D Planning and Conformal Therapy.- Intensity Modulated Rad. Therapy.- Stereotactic Radiosurgery & Radiotherapy.- Physics of Brachytherapy.- Radiobiology and Clin. Applications of Low and High Dose Rate Brachytherapy.- Quality Assurance in Radiation Oncology. Practical Clinical Applications: CNS Tumors.- Head & Neck and Breast Cancer, Carcinoma of the Esophagus; Lung Cancer.- Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, Anus; Bladder Cancer.- Low-Dose Rate-Brachytherapy for Carcinoma of the Cervix.- Technical Aspects of Rad. Therapy for Endometrial Carcinoma.- Carcinoma of the Vulva and Vagina.-Prostate and Testicular Cancer.-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma in Adults.- Total Body Irradiation in Conditioning Regimens for Bone Marrow Transplantation.- Hodgkin's Disease.- Techn. For Intravascular Brachytherapy.- Subject Index.- List of Contributors