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Practical radiotherapy planning

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Oxon : CRC Press, 2024Edition: 5thDescription: 441 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138045972 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. What you need to know before planning radiotherapy treatment -- 2. Principles of radiotherapy planning -- 3. Radiobiology of treatment planning -- 4. Organs at risk and tolerance of normal tissues -- 5. Principles of brachytherapy -- 6. Emergency and palliative radiotherapy -- 7. Skin -- 8. Head and neck: general considerations -- 9. Lip, ear, nose and treatment of the neck in skin cancer -- 10. Oral cavity -- 11. Oropharynx cancer and unknown primary tumours of the head and neck -- 12. Hypopharynx -- 13. Nasopharynx -- 14. Larynx -- 15. Salivary glands -- 16. Sinuses: maxilla, ethmoid and nasal cavity tumours -- 17. Orbit -- 18. Central nervous system -- 19. Thyroid and thymoma -- 20. Lung -- 21. Mesothelioma -- 22. Breast -- 23. Haematological malignancies -- 24. Oesophagus and stomach -- 25. Pancreas and liver -- 26. Rectum -- 27. Anus -- 28. Prostrate -- 29. Bladder -- 30. Testis -- 31. Penis -- 32. Cervix -- 33. Uterus -- 34. Vagina -- 35. Vulva -- 36. Sarcoma -- 37. Paediatric tumours -- 38. Radiotherapy for benign disease

Previous edition: 2009

1. What you need to know before planning radiotherapy treatment -- 2. Principles of radiotherapy planning -- 3. Radiobiology of treatment planning -- 4. Organs at risk and tolerance of normal tissues -- 5. Principles of brachytherapy -- 6. Emergency and palliative radiotherapy -- 7. Skin -- 8. Head and neck: general considerations -- 9. Lip, ear, nose and treatment of the neck in skin cancer -- 10. Oral cavity -- 11. Oropharynx cancer and unknown primary tumours of the head and neck -- 12. Hypopharynx -- 13. Nasopharynx -- 14. Larynx -- 15. Salivary glands -- 16. Sinuses: maxilla, ethmoid and nasal cavity tumours -- 17. Orbit -- 18. Central nervous system -- 19. Thyroid and thymoma -- 20. Lung -- 21. Mesothelioma -- 22. Breast -- 23. Haematological malignancies -- 24. Oesophagus and stomach -- 25. Pancreas and liver -- 26. Rectum -- 27. Anus -- 28. Prostrate -- 29. Bladder -- 30. Testis -- 31. Penis -- 32. Cervix -- 33. Uterus -- 34. Vagina -- 35. Vulva -- 36. Sarcoma -- 37. Paediatric tumours -- 38. Radiotherapy for benign disease