Leibel and Phillips textbook of radiation oncology /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
[edited by] Richard T. Hoppe, Theodore Locke Phillips, Mack Roach
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
3rd ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Elsevier/Saunders,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxi, 1,641 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions
29 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Rev. ed. of: Textbook of radiation oncology / [edited by] Steven A. Leibel, Theodore L. Phillips. 2nd ed. c2004
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cancer of the kidney -- Cancer of the bladder -- Cancer of the prostate -- Cancer of the testis -- Cancer of the male urethra and penis -- Carcinoma of the uterine cervix -- Cancer of the endometrium -- Cancer of the ovary -- Cancer of the vagina -- Cancer of the vulva -- Pediatric central nervous system tumors -- Pediatric leukemias and lymphomas -- Pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Wilms tumor -- Cancer of the breast -- Tumors of bone and soft tissue -- Hodgkin's disease -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Mycosis fungoides -- Plasma cell tumors: multiple myeloma and solitary plasmacytoma -- Uveal melanoma -- Retinoblastoma -- Cancer of the skin -- Melanoma -- Benign disease -- Proton therapy -- Carbon ion radiotherapy -- Molecular targeted therapies -- Cancer stem cell biology and its role in radiotherapy -- Tumor-targeted radioisotope therapy -- Hyperthermia -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy
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Radiobiologic principles -- DNA damage and repair -- Fractionation effects in clinical practice -- Chemical modifiers of radiation response -- Prediction of radiation response -- Radiotherapy and chemotherapy -- Principles of radiation physics -- Imaging in radiation oncology -- Molecular imaging and PET/CT -- Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy -- Immobilization and simulation -- Image-guided adaptive radiotherapy -- Modern principles of brachytherapy physics: from 2-D to 3-D to dynamic planning and delivery -- High dose rate brachytherapy -- Total body irradiation -- Intraoperative radiation therapy -- Head and neck -- Throax -- Abdomen -- Pelvis -- Central nervous system tumors -- Meningeal tumors -- Skull-base tumors: chemodectomas, nonchromaffin paragangliomas, chordomas, and chondrosarcomas -- Pituitary tumors -- Radiosurgery -- Spinal cord tumors -- Cancer of the nasopharynx -- Cancer of the oropharynx -- Cancer of the oral cavity -- Cancer of the hypopharynx -- Cancer of the larynx -- Tumors of the salivary glands -- Cancer of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses -- Cancer of the thyroid -- Tumors of the lung, pleura, and mediastinum -- Cancer of the esophagus -- Cancer of the stomach -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Cancer of the liver, bile duct, and gallbladder -- Cancer of the colon -- Cancer of the rectum -- Cancer of the anal canal --