Radiation therapy for liver tumors : fundamentals and clinical practice /: fundamentals and clinical practice. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Meyer, Tracey E. Schefter, editors.
• Editors: Meyer, Jeffrey; Schefter, Tracey E
• Contents: Part I: Fundamentals -- Liver Anatomy and Function -- Imaging Characteristics of Normal liver and liver tumors -- Assessment of Liver Function: Focus on the ALBI Score -- Radiation Oncology: Fundamentals and Controversies -- Radiation Sensitivity of the Liver: Models and Clinical Data -- Part II: Principles of Surgery, Intra-arterial Therapies, and Thermal Ablation -- Surgical Considerations -- Principles of Intra-arterial Therapies -- Principles of Thermal Ablation -- Part III: Principles of Radiation Therapy -- External beam radiation therapy for liver tumors: Simulation, Treatment Planning, and Advanced Delivery Techniques -- Particle Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Simulation and Treatment Planning -- Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy -- Interstitial Brachytherapy For Liver Tumors: Practical Issues -- Part IV: Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data -- Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Data -- Part V: Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma -- Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data -- Radiation Therapy for Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Clinical Data -- Part VI: Liver Metastases -- Liver Metastases: Basic Principles of Treatment and Clinical Data -- Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases: Clinical Data -- Part VII: Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Management -- Multidisciplinary Model for Liver Tumors -- Part VIII: Future Directions -- Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Future Directions.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.99436; Medicine; Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment; Liver -- Cancer -- Radiotherapy; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Liver -- Cancer -- Treatment; Medicine & Public Health; Radiotherapy; Abdominal Surgery; Oncology; Liver Neoplasms -- radiotherapy; Medical -- Surgery -- General; Medical -- Oncology; General surgery; Oncology; Radiotherapy; Abdomen -- Surgery; Oncology ; Medical -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Radiotherapy; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319545318; 3319545310; 3319545302; 9783319545301
• Related ISBNs: 9783319545301
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 13, 2017).
• 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).
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