Increasing the Therapeutic Ratio of Radiotherapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tofilon, Philip J. (Editor), Camphausen, Kevin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Humana Press, 2017.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Drug resistance.; Radiotherapy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319408545
• ISSN: 2196-9906
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40854-5
• Physical Description: VIII, 280 p. 41 illus., 34 illus. in color. online resource.

Current cancer therapies are focused on three general strategies: modifying intrinsic radiosensitivity via molecular targeting, manipulating microenvironmental factors to enhance tumor susceptibility to radiation, and improving delivery of radiation to critical tumor locations while sparing normal t...