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Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology

3642845207

3642845223

9783642845208

9783642845222

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Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology

[Book]

edited by J. Robert Cassady.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1994

(volumes)

Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

1 Pediatric Radiation Therapy: Introduction.- 2 Etiology, Clinical Associations, and the Possibility of Prevention of Childhood Malignancies.- 3 Acute and Chronic Normal Tissue Effects and Potential Modification in Pediatric Radiation Therapy.- 4 Molecular Biology and Genetic Advances in Childhood Malignancies.- 5 Principles of Damage Interactions Between Radiation and Chemotherapeutic Agents.- 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.- 7 Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia.- 8 Biologic and Physical Principles of Total Body Irradiation for Allogeneic and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children with Leukemia and Lymphoma.- 9 Role of Radiation Therapy in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the Child.- 10 Effects of Therapy on Central Nervous System Functions in Children.- 11 Hodgkin's Disease.- 12 Neuroblastoma.- 13 Malignant Brain Tumors Including Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Neuroectodermal Tumors, and Tumors of the Pineal Region, with a Special Discussion of the Management of Brain Tumors in Children of 3 Years and Younger.- 14 Brain Stem Gliomas in Children.- 15 Gliomas of the Supratentorium, Ventricular System, and Visual Pathways, and Tumors of the Sellar Region.- 16 Tumors of the Spinal Cord in Children.- 17 Wilms Tumor.- 18 Ewing's Sarcoma.- 19 Rhabdomyosarcoma.- 20 Osteosarcoma and the Less Common Sarcomas of Childhood.- 21 Retinoblastoma.- 22 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- 23 Epithelial Carcinomas in the Child.- 24 Unusual Neoplasms of Childhood.- 25 Future Prospects in Childhood Cancer.- List of Contributors.

Robert Cassady sets forth the position of radiation oncology in the management of the child with cancer. BRADY Preface This book provides a thorough review of the role that radiation therapy currently plays in the management of most childhood tumors.

Medicine.

Oncology.

Radiotherapy.

edited by J. Robert Cassady.

J Robert Cassady

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