Gunderson & Tepper's clinical radiation oncology. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Clinical radiation oncology; Gunderson and Tepper's clinical radiation oncology
• Further Information: Note: Senior editors, Joel E. Tepper, Robert L. Foote, Jeff M. Michalski.
• Editors: Tepper, Joel E; Foote, Robert L; Michalski, Jeff M
• Contents: The biological basis of radiation oncology -- Molecular and cellular biology -- Dose-response modifiers in radiation therapy -- Interaction of chemotherapy and radiation -- Biologics and their interactions with radiation -- Radiation oncology physics -- Radiation physics : stereotactic -- Radiation physics: charged particle therapy -- Surgical principles -- Principles of systemic cancer therapy -- Imaging in oncology -- Nuclear medicine -- Tumor ablation in interventional radiology -- Overview of oncology clinical trial design -- Health services research in radiation oncology : toward achieving the achievable for patients with cancer -- Radiation therapy in the elderly -- Palliative radiation medicine -- Late effects after radiation -- Quality and safety in radiation oncology -- Brachytherapy -- Intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy -- Intraoperative irradiation -- Total body irradiation -- Charged particle radiotherapy -- Targeted radionuclide therapy -- Immunotherapy with radiotherapy -- Stereotactic irradiation : CNS tumors -- Stereotactic body irradiation : extracranial tumors -- Metastatic disease : bone, spinal cord, brain, liver, and lung -- Overview -- Low-grade gliomas -- High-grade gliomas -- Benign brain tumors : meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas -- Pituitary tumors and craniopharyngiomas -- Spinal cord tumors -- Ocular, orbital, and optic nerve tumors -- Overview -- Oral cavity -- Oropharyngeal cancer -- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma -- Larynx and hypopharynx cancer -- Sinonasal cancer -- Salivary gland malignancies -- Thyroid cancer -- Unknown head and neck primary site -- Management of the neck -- Cutaneous carcinoma -- Malignant melanoma -- Overview -- Small cell lung cancer -- Non–small cell lung cancer -- Uncommon thoracic tumors -- Overview -- Esophagus-gastric cancer -- Pancreatic cancer -- Hepatobiliary cancer -- Colon cancer -- Rectal cancer -- Anal carcinoma -- Overview -- Prostate cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Kidney and ureteral carcinoma -- Penile cancer -- Overview -- Cervical cancer -- Endometrial cancer -- Cancers of the vulva and vagina -- Ovarian cancer -- Overview -- Noninvasive breast cancer -- Breast cancer : stages I-II -- Locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer -- Soft-tissue sarcoma -- Benign diseases -- Overview -- Central nervous system tumors in children -- Pediatric soft-tissue sarcomas -- Pediatric sarcomas of bone -- Wilms tumor -- Retinoblastoma -- Neuroblastoma -- Pediatric leukemia and lymphoma -- Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma -- Rare pediatric tumors -- Overview -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell neoplasms -- Mycosis fungoides.
• Edition: 5th edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 1586 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/40642; Cancer -- Radiotherapy; Neoplasms -- radiotherapy; Radiation Oncology -- methods; Cancer -- Radiotherapy; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323672481; 0323672485; 9780323672474; 0323672477
• Related ISBNs: 9780323672467; 0323672469
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed April 22, 2020).
• 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.