Proton therapy : indications, techniques, and outcomes /: indications, techniques, and outcomes. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven J. Frank, X. Ronald Zhu.
• Authors: Frank, Steven J; Zhu, X. Ronald
• Contents: SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION; 1. Principles of Radiobiology; 2. Principles of Proton Beam Therapy; SECTION 2: PHYSICS AND TREATMENT PLANNING ; 3. Clinical Commissioning of Pencil Beam Scanning for Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy; 4. Immobilization and Simulation; 5. Principles of Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Treatment Planning; 6. Physics Quality Assurance; 7. Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy Patient Treatments; SECTION 3: DISEASE SITES ; 8. Proton Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer; 9. Adult Central Nervous System Tumors; 10. Gastrointestinal; 11. Proton Therapy for Gynecologic Malignancies; 12. Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer; 13. Head and Neck; 14. Proton Therapy for Hematologic Malignancies; 15. Pediatric Considerations for Proton Therapy
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 615.84; Proton beams -- Therapeutic use
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323733519; 9780323733502
• Related ISBNs: 9780323733496
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