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Clinical Target Volumes in Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

A Clinical Guide to Cancer Treatment

  • Detailed guidelines on the selection and delineation of clinical target volumes in conformal therapy
  • The data presented will help the reader to make appropriate decisions when confronted with the most frequent tumor types and sites
  • All of the debated issues are relevant irrespective of the irradiation technique used
  • Will appeal to all radiation oncologists and trainees for use in their daily practice
  • 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 (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. The Lymphatic System

    • B. G. Lengelé
    Pages 1-36
  3. Imaging the Lymph Nodes: CT, MRI, and PET

    • E. E. Coche, T. Duprez, M. Lonneux
    Pages 37-67
  4. Lung Cancer

    • P. Van Houtte, F. Mornex, P. Loubeyre, P. Rocmans, F. Vaylet
    Pages 91-106
  5. Esophageal Tumors

    • K. Haustermans, A. Lerut
    Pages 107-119
  6. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Lymph Node Metastases in Bladder Cancer

    • M. Milosevic, M. Gospodarowicz, M. Jewett, R. Bristow, T. Haycocks
    Pages 157-169
  7. Gynecologic Tumors

    • K. S. C. Chao, M. Cengiz, T. Herzog
    Pages 171-186
  8. Rectal and Anal Cancers in Conformal Radiotherapy Planning: Selection and Delineation of Lymph Node Areas

    • L. L. Gunderson, M. G. Haddock, P. A. Gervaz, H. Nelson
    Pages 187-204
  9. Target Description for Radiotherapy of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

    • B. O’Sullivan, J. Wunder, P. W. T. Pisters
    Pages 205-227
  10. Role of Radiotherapy in Lymphomas

    • A. Bosly
    Pages 229-240
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 241-248

About this book

Conformal radiation therapy represents a new challenge for radiation oncologists. It offers the prospect of either increasing the radiation dose to target tissues while delivering a similar dose to organs at risk, or reducing the dose to organs at risk while maintaining the dose to target tissues. First, lymph node areas at risk are established using the available data from pathological examination of surgical specimens and/or pattern of locoregional relapse. Then, based on a three-dimensional description of the anatomical regions where the areas at risk are located, guidelines for the delineation of the clinical target volumes are proposed. The data presented should enable the reader to make appropriate decisions regarding the selection and delineation of the target volumes when confronted with the most frequent tumor types and sites.The book will contribute to paving the way for more effective radiation oncology in the twenty-first century.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Radiation Oncology, Université Catholique de Louvain Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Vincent Grégoire, Pierre Scalliet

  • Department of Radiation Oncology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

    K. Kian Ang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Target Volumes in Conformal and Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy

  • Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide to Cancer Treatment

  • Editors: Vincent Grégoire, Pierre Scalliet, K. Kian Ang

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06270-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41380-6Published: 22 September 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07463-9Published: 23 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-06270-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 248

  • Number of Illustrations: 98 b/w illustrations, 173 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology, Internal Medicine

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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