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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

A Practical Guide

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Editors:
  1. Andrew Gaya

    1. Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Anand Mahadevan

    1. Dept. Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA

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  • Collects all fundamental information on this burgeoning field into a single readable volume Case studies are used to illustrate teaching points in each chapter International team of expert contributors

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction to Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

    • Andrew M. Gaya, Anand Mahadevan
    Pages 1-18

  3. History and the Technological Evolution of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

    • Dharanipathy Rangaraj, Lech S. Papiez
    Pages 19-26

  4. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Systems

    • Xing-Qi Lu
    Pages 27-43

  5. Physics of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy—Commissioning, Quality Assurance, and Treatment Planning

    • Cynthia F. Chuang, Maximian F. D’Souza, John A. Rossman
    Pages 45-65

  6. Radiobiology of High Dose Fractions

    • Bleddyn Jones, Roger G. Dale
    Pages 67-86

  7. Planning and Dosimetry for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

    • Sonja Dieterich
    Pages 87-108

  8. Spinal Radiosurgery

    • Iris C. Gibbs, Banu Atalar, Lei Wang
    Pages 109-125

  9. Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Lung Tumors

    • Joost J. Nuyttens
    Pages 127-148

  10. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to Liver

    • Andrew M. Gaya
    Pages 149-181

  11. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Pancreatic Cancer

    • Anand Mahadevan, Andrew M. Gaya
    Pages 183-194

  12. Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy—Methods, Rationale, Outcomes, and Future Directions

    • Donald B. Fuller
    Pages 195-224

  13. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Renal Cancer

    • Irving D. Kaplan, Anand Mahadevan, Andrew A. Wagner
    Pages 225-232

  14. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Oligometastasis

    • Nergiz R. Dagoglu, Anand Mahadevan
    Pages 233-251

  15. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer

    • David N. Teguh, Peter C. Levendag, Abrahim Al-Mamgani, Anand Mahadevan
    Pages 253-281

  16. Radiosurgery for Uveal Melanoma

    • Alexander Muacevic, Kirsten H. Eibl-Lindner, Christoph Fürweger, Martin M. Nentwich, Paul Foerster, Berndt Wowra et al.
    Pages 283-292

  17. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: A Practical Guide for the Delivery of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation

    • Sandra S. Vermeulen, Huan B. Giap, Cristian Cotrutz, Robert M. Douglas, Astrid Morris
    Pages 293-314

  18. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma

    • Mary Ann Stevenson, Anand Mahadevan, Megan E. Anderson, Anna Cassoni
    Pages 315-324

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 325-332
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About this book

This is a single, comprehensive handbook for clinical oncology trainees and consultants, covering the basic aspects of stereotactic radiotherapy systems and treatment.

Reviews

“This is an excellent book regarding the stereotactic radiation modality include focused beam, stereotactic treatment of head and neck cancers, brain tumors, Cranial and Spinal AVMs, as well as GI/Pancreas tumors, liver, prostate, and bony metastases. … I recommend this book for all Rad/Onc physicians and radiation therapists with interests in current planning protocols. … Rad Onc residents, fellows and students may be able to learn from this good book.  I have no reservations in recommending this text.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, April, 2016)

“In this text book, Gaya and Mahedevan aim to provide a practical aid to SABR. … The book will be a useful refresher on the evidence, key issues and background information around the use of SABR and will be very helpful to trainees approaching part 2 of the FRCR.” (Professor Joe O’Sullivan, RAD Magazine, October, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    Andrew Gaya

  • Dept. Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA

    Anand Mahadevan

About the editors

Andrew Gaya is heavily involved with the UK implementation of the latest radiotherapy techniques (e.g. IMRT, IGRT, Tomotherapy, combining targeted or anti-vascular drugs with radiotherapy and stereotactic body radiosurgery). He has specialist expertise in gastrointestinal, prostate, cyberknife robotic radiosurgery, complex radiotherapy planning. He is an oncologist at London Oncology Centre and is the lead clinical oncologist for audit and clinical governance at Guy’s Hospital. Anand Mahadaven is an Instructor in Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician in Radiation Therapy at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

  • Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide

  • Editors: Andrew Gaya, Anand Mahadevan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-597-2

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-85729-596-5Published: 10 February 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-85729-597-2Published: 24 January 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 332

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology, Imaging / Radiology

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