Re-Irradiation: New Frontiers

This book, now in its second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of current re-irradiation strategies, with detailed discussion of re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy with anticancer drugs and hyperthermia, and normal tissue tolerance. In addition, disease...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Nieder, Carsten (Editor), Langendijk, Johannes (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition2nd ed. 2017.
SeriesMedical Radiology,
Subjects
Medicine.
Radiotherapy.
Oncology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319418254
ISSN0942-5373
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-41825-4
Physical DescriptionXI, 364 p. 24 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Normal Tissue Tolerance to Reirradiation
  • Fractionation Concepts
  • Hyperthermia and Reirradiation
  • Therapeutic Ratio of Reirradiation with Cytotoxic Drugs and Other Response-Modifying Agents
  • Reduced Normal Tissue Doses Through Advanced Technology
  • Brain Tumors
  • Eye Tumors
  • Head and Neck Cancer: Nasopharynx
  • Head and Neck Cancer: other Sites
  • Lung Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Rectal Cancer
  • Gynaecological Malignancies
  • Soft Tissue Sarcomas
  • Bone Metastases
  • Brain Metastases
  • Skin Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer Esophageal Cancer
  • Lymphoma.

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