The series "Medical Radiology - Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology" is the successor to the well known "Encyclopedia of Medical RadiologyjHandbuch der medizinischen Radiologie". This international handbook with its unique compila tion of data in more than fifty volumes lags behind the fast developing knowledge in radiology today. "Medical Radiology" brings the state of the art on special topics in a timely fashion. The first volume of the series was "Lung cancer", edited by Scarantino. This volume "Innovation in Radiation Oncology", edited by H.R. Withers and L.J. Peters, presents data on the development of new therapeutic strategies in different oncologic diseases. 57 authors wrote 32 chapters covering a broad range of topics. The innovations are at various levels of development, but were all chosen with the practicing radiation oncologist in mind. Perhaps not all of the innovations will survive the test of time, others have now become well established standard procedure in some centers. Also discussed is the assessment of the effectiveness of standard treat ment and how it effects the quality of a patient's survival. The contributions have been grouped into 9 broad sections as outlined in the table of contents. We think the second volume, as the whole series, will provide valuable reading for the general community of radiation oncologists.
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2011

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Luther W. Brady, H. Rodney Withers, K. K. Ang, Lester J. Peters, Hans-Peter Heilmann, E. Unt. Mitarb. von Gl\xe4ssner

K. Kian Ang; Hubert Rodney Withers

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. in Springer-Verlag GmbH

Steinkopff. in Springer-Verlag GmbH

Springer; Brand: Springer

Springer London, Limited

Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1988

Springer Nature (Textbooks & Major Reference Works), Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012

Germany, Germany

Dec 22, 2011

Berlin, 1987

1, 2011

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Source title: Innovations in Radiation Oncology (Medical Radiology / Radiation Oncology)

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quality of Treatment: An Overview of the Patterns of Care Study in Clinical Radiation Therapy....Pages 3-9
Predictive Assays....Pages 11-23
Quality of Survival....Pages 25-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Head and Neck....Pages 35-50
Breast....Pages 51-70
Soft Tissue Sarcoma....Pages 71-79
Rectum and Anal Canal....Pages 81-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Total Body Irradiation for Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 99-106
Influence of Radiation Regimens on the Risk of Interstitial Pneumonitis in Leukemia Patients Treated with Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation....Pages 107-111
Total Lymphoid Irradiation for Immunosuppression....Pages 113-119
Half Body Radiotherapy....Pages 121-127
Targeted Radionuclides....Pages 129-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Intraoperative Radiotherapy....Pages 143-153
Precision Pencil-Beam Radiation Therapy for Pituitary Adenomas....Pages 155-166
Stereotaxic Interstitial Brachytherapy for Malignant Brain Tumors....Pages 167-174
Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 175-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
CT in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning....Pages 191-200
The Potential Application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Radiation Oncology....Pages 201-208
Applications of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Tumor Management....Pages 209-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Hyperfractionation....Pages 223-230
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Accelerated Fractionation....Pages 231-238
Accelerated Hyperfractionation....Pages 239-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Sensitizers in Radiotherapy....Pages 247-264
Optimizing Combinations of Drugs and Radiation. The Interdigitated Alternating Regimen....Pages 265-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Fast Neutron Therapy: Problems and Promise....Pages 279-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Externally Induced Hyperthermia....Pages 291-301
Interstitial Hyperthermia....Pages 303-311
Internal Fixation and Irradiation for Bone Metastases....Pages 313-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-329

The book contains up-to-date reports of areas of growth in radiation oncology written for the practising radiation oncologist. Early chapters review conservative treatments that preserve the function and maintain or improve tumor control rates in breast, rectum, anus, head and neck, soft tissues and bones, and the eye. This is followed by a section dealing with extended field therapy encompassing total body irradiation, half body irradiation and systemic therapy with radionuclide-labelled antibodies. The potential roles of three new diagnostic imaging technologies (CT, MRI and PET) in radiotherapy are considered. Various modifications of treatment are reviewed, including hyperfractionation, accelerated treatment, accelerated hyperfractionation and neutron therapy. Also discussed is the clinical use of adjuvants to radiotherapy, such as radiosensitizers, cytotoxic drugs, interstitial and external hyperthermia and bone fixation in metastatic disease. Current innovations for predicting tumor responses are described and a national survey of the quality of radiotherapy in the U.S.A. is reviewed. Finally, two chapters consider the quality of patient survival.

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