عنوان

Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology

(Number (ISBN

3642845207

(Number (ISBN

3642845223

(Number (ISBN

9783642845208

(Number (ISBN

9783642845222

Number

b551155

Title Proper

Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by J. Robert Cassady.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(volumes)

Series Title

Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

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.

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Book number

edited by J. Robert Cassady.

J Robert Cassady

Electronic name

[Book]

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