Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences (eBook)

Eli Daniel Ehrenpreis, R de W Marsh, William Small Jr. (Herausgeber)

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2015 | 2015
XIV, 230 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4939-2217-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the role of radiation therapy in various pelvic malignancies as well as the consequences of the radiation in the pelvic tissues. With sections covering the role of radiation therapy in the various pelvic malignancies, the pathophysiology of radiation related injury and the risk factors that increase the possibility of such an injury, and the latest in medical, endoscopic and surgical therapies for these radiation related complications the text offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of radiation therapy in the human pelvis, its role and the adverse effects on the pelvic organs. Written by experts in the field with readers in mind, Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences is the first of its kind standalone reference on the subject. Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences is of great value to urologists, medical radiation and gynecological oncologists, and gastroenterologists.

Eli D. Ehrenpreis, MD

Director, Center for the Study of Complex Disease

Staff Gastroenterologist

NorthShore University Health System

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

University of Chicago Medical School

NorthShore University Health System

Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division

Highland Park, Il

Robert de W. Marsh, MD FACP

Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology

Department of Medicine

NorthShore University Health System

Clinical Professor

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

1 Highland Park Hospital, 777 Park Avenue West

Highland Park, IL

William Small, Jr., MD, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO

Professor and Vice Chairman

Department of Radiation Oncology

Associate Medical Director

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

303 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611

Inhalt

ForwardSteven D. Wexner, MD Section I: Role of Pelvic Radiation Chapter 1        The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Gynaecological TumorsTamer Refaat and William Small Jr. Chapter 2        Role of radiation in urological malignancies   Eric D. Donnelly and Bryan David Macrie                                    Chapter 3        Role of radiation in rectal cancers      Angelita Habr-Gama and Jose Marcio Neves Jorge Chapter 4        Prevention of injury from pelvic irradiation   Michelle S. Gentile and William Small Jr Section II Consequences of pelvic radiation and their treatment                          Chapter 5        Pathology of Radiation Effects on Healthy Tissues in the PelvisCurtis Ray Hall Chapter 6        Contribution of chemotherapy to the toxicity of pelvic irradiation    Amikar Sehdev and Robert de W. Marsh Chapter 7        Radiation cystitis: Acute and Chronic            Surendra B. Kolla and Atreya Dash Chapter 8        Acute and chronic radiation enteropathy       Eli D. Ehrenpreis and Amir Patel Chapter 9        Radiation proctopathy            Andrew Mazulis and Eli D. Ehrenpreis Chapter 10      Effects of Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer on Anorectal FunctionJose Marcio Neves Jorge, Angelita Habr-Gama, and Leonardo A. Bustamante                                    Chapter 11      Effects and management of pelvic radiation on female reproductive system: Sexual dysfunction, fertility effects, and premature menopause      Claudine Domoney and Dimitrios Nikolaou Chapter 12      Miscellaneous pelvic effects:  Pelvic/sacral insufficiency fractures    Nickolas B. Reimer, Lucas M. Nystrom, and Cooper W. Dean Chapter 13      Radiation Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy Ryan T. Merrell Section III Treatment and Prevention of pelvic radiation injury                                     Chapter 14      The management of radiation cystitisJoshua A. Cohn, Kyle A. Richards, and Gary D. Steinberg Chapter 15      Medical management of Radiation Effects on the IntestinesParakkal Deepak and Eli D. Ehrenpreis   Chapter 16      Surgical management of radiation-induced intestinal injury  Barak Benjamin and Shmuel Avital

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.2.2015
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 230 p. 43 illus., 31 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Urologie
• Schlagworte: anal pathology • Genitourinary System • pelvic radiation • radiation cystitis • radiation enteropathy • radiation proctopathy • surgical oncology
• ISBN-10: 1-4939-2217-3 / 1493922173
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4939-2217-8 / 9781493922178