Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview on current re-irradiation strategies
- Discusses re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy, and normal tissue tolerance
- Documents recent important developments and clinical results
- Assists professionals in understanding the benefits and limitations of re-irradiation and in designing prospective trials
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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About this book
This book, now in its second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of current re-irradiation strategies, with detailed discussion of re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy with anticancer drugs and hyperthermia, and normal tissue tolerance. In addition, disease specific chapters document recent clinical results and future research directions. All chapters from the first edition have been revised and updated to take account of the latest developments and research findings, including those from prospective studies. Due attention is paid to the exciting developments in the fields of proton irradiation and frameless image-guided ablative radiotherapy. The book documents fully how refined combined modality approaches and significant technical advances in radiation treatment planning and delivery have facilitated the re-irradiation of previously exposed volumes, allowing both palliative and curative approaches to be pursued at various disease sites. Professionals involved in radiation treatment planning and multimodal oncology treatment will find it to be an invaluable aid in understanding the benefits and limitations of re-irradiation and in designing prospective trials.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Re-Irradiation: New Frontiers
Editors: Carsten Nieder, Johannes Langendijk
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41825-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41823-0Published: 02 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82438-3Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41825-4Published: 25 October 2016
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XI, 364
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology