Leibel and Phillips textbook of radiation oncology. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Textbook of radiation oncology
• Uniform Title: Textbook of radiation oncology.
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Richard T. Hoppe, Theodore Locke Phillips, Mack Roach.
• Other Names: Phillips, Theodore L; Hoppe, R (Richard); III, Roach, Mack; Leibel, Steven A
• Contents: Radiobiologic principles -- DNA damage and repair -- Fractionation effects in clinical practice -- Chemical modifiers of radiation response -- Prediction of radiation response -- Radiotherapy and chemotherapy -- Principles of radiation physics -- Imaging in radiation oncology -- Molecular imaging and PET/CT -- Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy -- Immobilization and simulation -- Image-guided adaptive radiotherapy -- Modern principles of brachytherapy physics: from 2-D to 3-D to dynamic planning and delivery -- High dose rate brachytherapy -- Total body irradiation -- Intraoperative radiation therapy -- Head and neck -- Throax -- Abdomen -- Pelvis -- Central nervous system tumors -- Meningeal tumors -- Skull-base tumors: chemodectomas, nonchromaffin paragangliomas, chordomas, and chondrosarcomas -- Pituitary tumors -- Radiosurgery -- Spinal cord tumors -- Cancer of the nasopharynx -- Cancer of the oropharynx -- Cancer of the oral cavity -- Cancer of the hypopharynx -- Cancer of the larynx -- Tumors of the salivary glands -- Cancer of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses -- Cancer of the thyroid -- Tumors of the lung, pleura, and mediastinum -- Cancer of the esophagus -- Cancer of the stomach -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Cancer of the liver, bile duct, and gallbladder -- Cancer of the colon -- Cancer of the rectum -- Cancer of the anal canal. Cancer of the kidney -- Cancer of the bladder -- Cancer of the prostate -- Cancer of the testis -- Cancer of the male urethra and penis -- Carcinoma of the uterine cervix -- Cancer of the endometrium -- Cancer of the ovary -- Cancer of the vagina -- Cancer of the vulva -- Pediatric central nervous system tumors -- Pediatric leukemias and lymphomas -- Pediatric bone and soft tissue tumors -- Neuroblastoma -- Wilms tumor -- Cancer of the breast -- Tumors of bone and soft tissue -- Hodgkin's disease -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Mycosis fungoides -- Plasma cell tumors: multiple myeloma and solitary plasmacytoma -- Uveal melanoma -- Retinoblastoma -- Cancer of the skin -- Melanoma -- Benign disease -- Proton therapy -- Carbon ion radiotherapy -- Molecular targeted therapies -- Cancer stem cell biology and its role in radiotherapy -- Tumor-targeted radioisotope therapy -- Hyperthermia -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy.
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 1641 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/40642; Cancer -- Radiotherapy; Medical physics; Tumors -- Radiography; Radioisotope brachytherapy; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; MEDICAL -- Oncology; Radiation Oncology -- methods; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781437737752; 1437737757; 1416058974; 9781416058977
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.