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Radiobiology in Radiotherapy

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Norman M. Bleehen

    1. University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapeutics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Cellular Response to Radiation: Experimental

    • N. J. McNally
    Pages 1-8

  3. Radiation Response of Tumours: Experimental

    • P. R. Twentyman
    Pages 9-15

  4. Normal Tissue Response to Radiation: Experimental

    • J. Denekamp
    Pages 17-29

  5. Measurement of Human Normal Tissue and Tumour Responses

    • G. Ross, J. R. Yarnold
    Pages 31-45

  6. Late Effects of Radiation in Man

    • R. J. Berry
    Pages 47-52

  7. Principles of Fractionation in Radiotherapy

    • J. F. Fowler
    Pages 53-58

  8. Fractionation in the Clinic

    • M. V. Williams
    Pages 59-71

  9. Radiation Resistance and the Dose-Rate Effect: Experimental

    • G. G. Steel, A. Horwich
    Pages 73-79

  10. Low Dose Rate in Clinical Radiotherapy

    • A. Horwich, P. Blake, G. G. Steel
    Pages 81-93

  11. Total Body Irradiation: Normal Tissue Effects

    • L. S. Constine, P. Rubin
    Pages 95-121

  12. Total Body Irradiation: Clinical Aspects

    • A. Barrett
    Pages 123-127

  13. Particle Therapy: Physics and Biology

    • D. K. Bewley
    Pages 129-135

  14. Clinical Aspects of Particle Therapy

    • H. M. Warenius, R. D. Errington
    Pages 137-151

  15. Radiation Sensitizers and Related Compounds: New Approaches to Modification of Radiation Response

    • G. Adams, I. J. Stratford
    Pages 153-164

  16. Radiation Sensitizers in Clinical Radiotherapy

    • S. Dische
    Pages 165-175

  17. Combined Treatment with Radiation and Anti-Cancer Drugs: Experimental and Clinical Results

    • H. Bartelink, A. C. Begg, L. Dewit, F. A. Stewart
    Pages 177-199

  18. Biological Aspects of Hyperthermia

    • S. B. Field
    Pages 201-208

  19. Clinical Hyperthermia: Methods and Results

    • N. M. Bleehen, G. C. W. Howard
    Pages 209-231

  20. Monoclonal Antibodies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer

    • L. W. Brady, D. V. Woo, A. M. Markoe, H. Koprowski, C. T. Miyamoto
    Pages 233-242
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About this book

The ninth annual multidisciplinary symposium on clinical oncology organized by the Royal College of Radiologists was jointly arranged with the International Society for Radiation Oncology. It was held in London in February 1987 and discussed the biological and clinical basis of the effects of radiotherapy. Wherever possible lectures by an experimental scientist were paired with those of a clinical scientist in order to emphasize clinical relevance. It is hoped that this has resulted in a widely balanced view of the subject. The volume presents an updated version of these subjects based on those talks. After surgery, radiotherapy is the main treatment used in the management of patients with cancer. Its empirical success when first introduced is now backed up by a wealth of laboratory, clinical and experimental experience. New techniques for adminis­ tering the conventional X-ray therapy have been supplemented by methods which can be used to modify the radiation response. These include changes in dose rate or fractionation, and combined modality treatments including sensitization by drugs or heat. Other types of radiation, such as neutrons and other particles, are also now available which have enhanced physical and biological advantages.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Clinical Oncology and Radiotherapeutics, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK

    Norman M. Bleehen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radiobiology in Radiotherapy

  • Editors: Norman M. Bleehen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1603-5

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-1605-9Published: 20 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1603-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 248

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Nuclear Medicine

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