Current Radiation Oncology

Buch | Hardcover

496 Seiten

1997
Hodder Arnold (Verlag)
978-0-340-67739-1 (ISBN)

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A review of the important areas in radiation oncology where change has occurred, and areas of likely development in the future. Each chapter provides an account of the topic and places the subject matter in the general context of more established techniques.

Radiotherapy continues to change and develop rapidly. Most clinical oncologists have a wide clinical practice and find it difficult to keep abreast of the many new developments in treatment methods. This volume addresses some of the most exciting growth areas of radiation oncology, both at a technical level and also in important aspects of clinical work.

Together with Volume 1 and Volume 3 (in preparation) this book provides a comprehensive review of current practice in radiotherapy.

Preface
One hundred years of radiation oncology
Clinical normal-tissue radiobiology
Radiation carcinogenesis
Brachytherapy techniques
Oncological applications of photodynamic therapy
Carcinoma of the larynx
Complications of radiotherapy in the head and neck - an orofacial surgeon's view
Issues in the management of adult soft tissue sarcomas
Medulloblastoma - progress and pitfalls
Radiotherapy for Neuroblastoma
Hodgkin's disease
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in adults
Current management of multiple myeloma
Total body irradiation in bone marrow transplantation and advanced lymphomas: a comprehensive overview
The role of radiation therapy in endometrial carcinoma
Ovarian cancer
Results and late effects following radiotherapy, surgery or platinum based chemotherapy for early stage germ cell tumours
Intraoperative radiotherapy - the Kyoto University experience
Hyperthermia in the treatment of cancer.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.1997
Zusatzinfo	36 black and white halftones, 47 line illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Radiologie
ISBN-10	0-340-67739-2 / 0340677392
ISBN-13	978-0-340-67739-1 / 9780340677391
Zustand	Neuware