Bøger i Radiation Oncology serien

With contributions by numerous experts

With contributions by numerous experts

This book describes and summarizes the radiation responses of both normal and neoplastic tissues with a focus on rational strategies for the modification of these responses.

With contributions by numerous experts

With contributions by numerous experts

With contributions by numerous experts

This volume is the first truly international text to take the practitioner from the history, the physical basis, and the rationale of brachytherapy through to the techniques, the results, and the management of complications.

With contributions by numerous experts

With contributions by numerous experts

With contributions by numerous experts

The American Cancer Society anticipates that 16,500 patients will be diagnosed with primary malignant tumors of the central nervous system in 2000, with about 200,000 individuals presenting with brain metastases. Major developments in new technologies in the treatment of primary brain tumors as well as metastatic disease are covered in depth.

With contributions by numerous experts

It offers the prospect of either increasing the radiation dose to target tissues while delivering a similar dose to organs at risk, or reducing the dose to organs at risk while maintaining the dose to target tissues.

With contributions by numerous experts

Decision Making in Radiation Oncology is a reference book designed to enable radiation oncologists, including those in training, to make diagnostic and treatment decisions effectively and efficiently. Moreover, radiation techniques, including treatment planning and delivery, are presented in an illustrative way.