Overview
- Provides practical information for use by the clinician and the treatment planning team on a day-to-day basis
- Highlights essential points to which clinicians and the treatment planning team should pay attention when using particle therapy, in particular proton therapy
- Enables clinicians to learn how to incorporate proton therapy into their clinical practice
Part of the book series: Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology (PGRO)
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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About this book
This handbook is designed to enable radiation oncologists to treat patients appropriately and confidently by means of particle therapy. The orientation and purpose are entirely practical, in that the focus is on the physics essentials of delivery and treatment planning , illustration of the clinical target volume (CTV) and associated treatment planning for each major malignancy when using particle therapy, proton therapy in particular. Disease-specific chapters provide guidelines and concise knowledge on CTV selection and delineation and identify aspects that require the exercise of caution during treatment planning. The treatment planning techniques unique to proton therapy for each disease site are clearly described, covering beam orientation, matching/patching field techniques, robustness planning, robustness plan evaluation, etc. The published data on the use of particle therapy for a given disease site are also concisely reported. In addition to fully meeting the needs ofradiation oncologists, this "know why" and “know how” guide to particle therapy will be valuable for medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists.
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About the editors
Oren Cahlon, MD:
Dr. Cahlon is a board-certified radiation oncologist whose clinical practice is primarily focused on breast cancer. As part of a multi-disciplinary team of breast cancer experts, he works with colleagues to identify the optimal treatment approach for each patient. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, they use the most modern radiation techniques, including prone treatment, deep inspiratory breath hold, partial breast irradiation, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and proton therapy to deliver the most precise form of radiation.
Guoliang Jiang, MD, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
Kevin Sine, MD, Procure Proton Therapy Center, Department of Medical Dosimetry, Somerset, NJ, USA
Jiade J. Lu, MD, Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai, China
Jonathan Leeman, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, New York, NY, USA
Stefan Both, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Medical Physics, New York, NY, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Target Volume Delineation and Treatment Planning for Particle Therapy
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Editors: Nancy Y. Lee, Jonathan E. Leeman, Oren Cahlon, Kevin Sine, Guoliang Jiang, Jiade J. Lu, Stefan Both
Series Title: Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42478-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42477-4Published: 23 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42478-1Published: 19 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-5715
Series E-ISSN: 2522-5723
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 396
Number of Illustrations: 674 b/w illustrations, 834 illustrations in colour
Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology