Relative radiation sensitivities of human organ systems,
[Book]
edited by Kurt I. Altman, John T. Lett ; associate editors, Amy Kronenberg, Ann B. Cox.
part IV /
San Diego :
Academic Press,
c1994.
x, 232 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Advances in radiation biology ;
v. 18
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents of Volumes 12, 14, and 15 (Parts I, II, and III of the four-part series, "Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems") -- Radiation Sensitivity of the Prostate and Radiation Therapy of Its Tumors / G. Schmitt and T. Schnabel -- Clinical Radiobiology and Normal-Tissue Morbidity after Breast Cancer Treatment / Soren M. Bentzen and Marie Overgaard -- Proton-Beam Irradiation for the Cancer Patient: An Approach to Optimal Therapy and Normal-Tissue Sparing / John O. Archambeau, James M. Slater, George B. Coutrakon, John F. Dicello, Daniel W. Miller, William Preston, James B. Robertson, Jerry D. Slater and Jon W. Slater -- Fractionation Sensitivity of Mammalian Tissues / J. M. Cosset, B. DuBray, T. Girinsky, M. Maher and E. P. Malaise -- New Trends for Improving Radiation Sensitivity by Counteracting Chronic and Acute Hypoxia / M. Guichard and E. Lartigan -- Predictive Assays in Radiation Therapy / Catharine M. L. West.
The Renaissance in Basic Cellular Radiobiology and Its Significance for Radiation Therapy / John T. Lett.