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Advances in Radiation Therapy

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Bharat B. Mittal

    1. Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA

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  2. James A. Purdy

    1. Malinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, USA

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  3. K. K. Ang

    1. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 93)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Dose Delivery — A Physicist’s Perspective

    • James A. Purdy
    Pages 1-34

  3. Radiation Therapy Beam Modulation Techniques

    • Arthur L. Boyer
    Pages 35-48

  4. Computer-Controlled Delivery of 3D Conformal Radiation Treatments

    • Radhe Mohan, Gikas Mageras, Qiuwen Wu
    Pages 49-67

  5. Implementation and Clinical Use of Portal Imaging

    • Cynthia L. Thomason
    Pages 69-99

  6. Altered Fractionation: Radiobiological Principles, Clinical Results, and Potential for Dose Escalation

    • Howard D. Thames, K. Kian Ang
    Pages 101-128

  7. Pharmacologic Modification of Radiation-Induced Late Normal Tissue Injury

    • John E. Moulder, Michael E. C. Robbins, Eric P. Cohen, John W. Hopewell, William F. Ward
    Pages 129-151

  8. Role of Gene Therapy in Radiation Oncology

    • Dennis E. Hallahan, Ralph Weichselbaum
    Pages 153-167

  9. Potential Applications of Cell Cycle Manipulation to Clinical Response

    • Eleanor E. R. Harris, Gary D. Kao, Ruth J. Muschel, W. Gillies McKenna
    Pages 169-190

  10. Advances in Brachytherapy

    • Ravinder Nath, Lynn D. Wilson
    Pages 191-211

  11. Recent Advances in External Electromagnetic Hyperthermia

    • V. Sathiaseelan, Bharat B. Mittal, Alan J. Fenn, Allen Taflove
    Pages 213-245

  12. Implementation of Newer Radiotherapeutic Technology in the Management of Prostate Cancer

    • Mack Roach, Barby Pickett, Pamela F. Akazawa, Michael Weil
    Pages 247-268

  13. Conformal Radiation Therapy — A Physician’s Perspective

    • Srinivasan Vijayakumar, Leon Myrianthopoulos, Russell Hamilton, George Chen
    Pages 269-281

  14. Clinical Applications of Stereotactic Radiosurgery

    • John C. Flickinger, Douglas Kondziolka, L. Dade Lunsford
    Pages 283-297

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 299-305
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About this book

Recent advances in radiation oncology have depended upon and are intertwined with subsequent scientific discoveries and the development of new techniques in the fields of radiation and molecular biology, physics, electrical engineering, surgery, and medical oncology.
This volume describes how some of the recent discoveries in the radiological sciences have influenced the way radiation oncology is practised. As there are many advances in this field, the Editors have chosen to concentrate on selected topics in clinical radiotherapy, radiation physics and biology, and technical innovations that have had a major impact on radiation oncology in the past twenty years. It is hoped that the techniques described in this volume will increase tumor control and prolong patient survival and at the same time decrease radiation-induced side effects and complications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA

    Bharat B. Mittal

  • Malinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, USA

    James A. Purdy

  • M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, USA

    K. K. Ang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Radiation Therapy

  • Editors: Bharat B. Mittal, James A. Purdy, K. K. Ang

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5769-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9981-0Published: 31 January 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7644-6Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5769-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 305

  • Topics: Oncology

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