Walter and Miller's textbook of radiotherapy radiation physics, theraphy and oncology
A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all those concerned with the uses of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Walter & Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy has become the core text for ther...
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| Language: | English |
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[Edinburgh, UK]
Elsevier / Churchill Livingstone
2012
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| Edition: | 7th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Atoms, nuclei and radioactivity
- 2. Radiation interactions with matter
- 3. Radiation measurement and detection
- 4. Radiation protection
- 5. Imaging with X-ray, MRI and ultrasound
- 6. Imaging with radionuclides
- 7. Therapy with unsealed radionuclides
- 8. Radiotherapy beam production
- 9. Radiation treatment planning: immobilisation, localisation and verification techniques
- 10. Principles and practice of radiation treatment planning
- 11. Brachytherapy
- 12. Networking, data and image handling and computing in radiotherapy
- 13. Quality control in radiotherapy
- 14. Quality management in radiotherapy
- 15. Epidemiology of cancer, screening, etc
- 16. Biological and pathological introduction
- 17. Molecular, cellular and tissue effects of radiotherapy
- 18. Principles and management of patients with cancer
- 19. Chemotherapy and hormones
- 20. Skin and lip cancer
- 21. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- 22. Head and neck cancer - general principles
- 23. Thyroid cancer
- 24. Gastro-intestinal cancer
- 25. Tumours of the thorax
- 26. Breast cancer
- 27. Gynaecological cancer
- 28. Kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, urethra, penis
- 29. Lymphoma and disease of bone marrow
- 30. Tumours of the central nervous system
- 31. Eye and orbit
- 32. Sarcomas
- 33. Paediatric oncology
- 34. Care of patients during radiotherapy
- 35. Medical complications of malignant disease