Radiotherapy in Practice - External Beam Therapy
External Beam Therapy
Series: Radiotherapy in Practice;
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Product details:
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date of Publication 24 August 2006
- ISBN 9780198529293
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages488 pages
- Size 230x160x20 mm
- Weight 870 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Approximately 50 line illustrations, 25 black and white photographs and 120 colour photographs 0
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Short description:
External beam therapy is used to aim highly focused beams of radiation at the edges of the site where cancer is found. The goal is to destroy any abnormal cells and prevent the growth or regrowth of the tumour. This book provides practical guidance on the use of External Beam Therapy, taking the reader through the basic principles covering indications, treatment, and planning, and then developing this by individual sites.
MoreLong description:
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. It provides 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.
ABOUT THE SERIES
Radiotherapy remains the major non-surgical treatment modality for the management of malignant disease, with over 50% of patients receiving treatment at some time during the management of their malignant disease. It is based on the application of the principles of applied physics, radiobiology, and tumour biology to clinical practice. Each volume in this series takes the reader through the basic principles of different types of radiotherapy, and then develops these by individual sites. This
series of practical handbooks are aimed at physicians both training and practising in radiotherapy, as well as medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiographers and senior nurses.
A very nice and practically useful book for those involved in radiotherapy planning, clinical decision-making, and delivery. ... Trainees in radiotherapy in particular will find this book invaluable. It is a text that will be used rather than simply gather dust on the shelf.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Physics for radiotherapy practice
Conformal and intensity modulated radiotherapy
Breast
Lung
Upper gastrointestinal sites
Lower gastrointestinal sites: colorectal
Lower gastrointestinal sites: anal canal
Urology: prostate
Urology: bladder
Urology: testis
Urology: penis
Gynaecological: uterus
Gynaecological: vulva and vagina
Lymphoma
Central nervous system
Head and neck
Skin tumours
Bone and soft tissue sarcoma
Paediatric radiotherapy
Metastases
Quality assurance in external beam therapy
