Provides essential background information on external beam planning physics and dosimetry. Emphasizes practical guidance, making it useful in clinical practice. Includes site specific chapters covering all major cancer sites treated with this modality. Uses extensive colour and black and white illustrations toaid understanding. External beam therapy is the most common form of radiotherapy, delivering ionizing radiation such as high-energy x-rays, gamma rays or electron beams directly into the location of the patient's tumour. The beam is generated externally, with no radioactive sources placed within the patient's body. The beams aim at destroying the cancer cells with minimal impact on the surrounding healthy tissue. The radiation oncologist will choose between different ways of administering the beams, such as linear accelerators, cobalt machines, or ortho-voltage x-ray machines. The three distinct stages of simulation, planning and treatment are critical to ensuring the highest rate of success.This book is an essential, practical guide to the use of external beam radiotherapy, highlighting the rapid technological advances made in recent years. Itprovides a firm background to the physics of external beam radiotherapy, taking the reader through the basic principles and discussing issues such as quality assurance. Experts within each field then expand upon techniques for treatment delivery within each anatomical site, covering indications, treatment and planning. INDICE: 1 P J Hoskin: Introduction. 2 K Venables: Physics for radiotherapypractice. 3 P Williams: Conformal and intensity modulated radiotherapy. 4 E Donovan, C Coles, C Westbury and J R Yarnold: Breast. 5 S Erridge and E Toy: Lung. 6 S Faulk: Upper gastrointestinal sites. 7a R Glynne-Jones and D Sebag-Montefiore: Lower gastrointestinal sites: colorectal. 7b R Glynne-Jones and D Sebag-Montefiore: Lower gastrointestinal sites: anal canal. 8a A S N Jackson, V Murthy and D P Dearnaley: Urology: prostate. 8b A Zarkar and N James: Urology: bladder. 8c P J Hoskin: Urology: testis. 8d P J Hoskin: Urology: penis. 9a A Taylor and M E B Powell: Gynaecological: uterus. 9b P J Hoskin: Gynaecological:vulva and vagina. 10 M Gospodarowicz, R W Tsang, D C Hodgson and P J Hoskin: Lymphoma. 11 N Burnet, K E Burton and S J Jefferies: Central nervous system. 12 C Nutting and M I Saunders: Head and neck. 13 P J Hoskin: Skin tumours. 14 MRobinson: Bone and soft tissue sarcoma. 15 R Taylor: Paediatric radiotherapy.16 P J Hoskin: Metastases. 17 P Diez and E Aird: Quality assurance in external beam therapy
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923132-4
- Editorial: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 02/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés