Editors:
- Covers the most recent developments in the field
- Enables rapid access to information on radiation oncology in a user-friendly A to Z format
- Includes extensive cross-references between keywords and related articles, allowing efficient searches
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Table of contents (915 entries)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This comprehensive encyclopedia, comprising a wide range of entries written by leading experts, provides detailed information on radiation oncology, including the most recent developments in the field. It will be of particular value for basic and clinical scientists in academia, practice, and industry and will also be of benefit to those in related fields, students, teachers, and interested laypersons.
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From the reviews:
“This book is a Primer on Radiation Oncology inc. a complete discussion of the physics, instrumentation, nuclear therapies, and 3D Conformal Management Plans, and a discussion of cancer in each and every organ system. … I rec. it for all medical physicists, radiologists, rad onc specialists, and oncologists, in general.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, February, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Distinguished University Professor, Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Professor Of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Luther W. Brady
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA
Theodore E. Yaeger
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology
Editors: Luther W. Brady, Theodore E. Yaeger
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85513-2Published: 15 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85516-3Published: 08 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 986
Number of Illustrations: 800 b/w illustrations
Topics: Radiotherapy, Imaging / Radiology, Oncology