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Re-irradiation: New Frontiers

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Editors:
  1. Carsten Nieder

    1. , Dept. Internal Medicine, Nordlandssykehuset HF, Bodoe, Norway

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  2. Johannes A. Langendijk

    1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

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  • A comprehensive overview on current re-irradiation strategies that will assist professionals in understanding the benefits and limitations of re-irradiation and in designing prospective trials
  • Discusses re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy, and normal tissue tolerance
  • Documents recent clinical results and future research directions in respect of different disease sites
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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 (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Normal Tissue Tolerance to Reirradiation

    • Carsten Nieder, Johannes A. Langendijk
    Pages 1-12

  3. Fractionation Concepts

    • Carsten Nieder, Michael Baumann
    Pages 13-26

  4. Hyperthermia and Reirradiation

    • Oliver J. Ott
    Pages 27-36

  5. Therapeutic Ratio of Reirradiation with Cytotoxic Drugs and Other Response-Modifying Agents

    • Carsten Nieder, Avraham Eisbruch
    Pages 37-57

  6. Reduced Normal Tissue Doses Through Advanced Technology

    • Matthias Guckenberger, Reinhart A. Sweeney
    Pages 59-84

  7. Brain Tumors

    • Jennifer E. Gains, Susan C. Short
    Pages 85-94

  8. Eye Tumors

    • John E. Munzenrider
    Pages 95-99

  9. Head and Neck Cancer

    • Johannes A. Langendijk
    Pages 101-115

  10. Lung Cancer

    • Branislav Jeremić, Francesc Casas, Igor Stojkovski, Slobodan Milisavljevic, Zeljko Dobric
    Pages 117-130

  11. Breast Cancer

    • Andrew O. Wahl, William Small Jr
    Pages 131-141

  12. Prostate Cancer

    • Marco van Vulpen
    Pages 143-153

  13. Rectal Cancer

    • Vincenzo Valentini, Mariangela Massaccesi
    Pages 155-170

  14. Gynaecological Malignancies

    • M. Morgia, L. Walsh, M. Milosevic, W. Levin, A. Fyles
    Pages 171-182

  15. Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    • Daniel J. Indelicato
    Pages 183-190

  16. Bone Metastases

    • Yvette van der Linden, Peter Hoskin
    Pages 191-208

  17. Brain Metastases

    • Carsten Nieder, Anca L. Grosu, Minesh P. Mehta
    Pages 209-223

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 225-226
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About this book

New developments such as refined combined modality approaches and significant technical advances in radiation treatment planning and delivery are facilitating the re-irradiation of previously exposed volumes. As a consequence, both palliative and curative approaches can be pursued at various disease sites. Re-irradiation: New Frontiers is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview on current re-irradiation strategies. Re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy with anticancer drugs and hyperthermia, and normal tissue tolerance are all discussed in detail. In addition, disease-specific chapters document recent clinical results and future research directions. Professionals involved in radiation treatment planning and multimodal oncology treatment will find this book to be an invaluable aid in understanding the benefits and limitations of re-irradiation and in designing prospective trials.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“‘Re-irradiation: New frontiers’ attempts to provide a comprehensive overview on current re-irradiation strategies and addresses re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy with anticancer drugs and hyperthermia, as well as normal tissue tolerance. … In summary, this is a book which brings together the available evidence on re-irradiation, which I suspect might be useful as an occasional reference text in the hospital library … .” (Joe O’Sullivan, RAD Magazine, February, 2012)

“This very detailed and in-depth book, will be appreciated by those working in the field, oncology radiotherapists as well as clinicians and surgeons who have to deal with this difficult medical problem.” (Giampiero Beluffi, La Radiologia Medica, Vol. 118, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. Internal Medicine, Nordlandssykehuset HF, Bodoe, Norway

    Carsten Nieder

  • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Johannes A. Langendijk

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Re-irradiation: New Frontiers

  • Editors: Carsten Nieder, Johannes A. Langendijk

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12468-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26740-6Published: 21 March 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12468-6Published: 03 March 2011

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 226

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Radiotherapy, Oncology

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