Title | Advances in Radiation Therapy [electronic resource] / edited by Bharat B. Mittal, James A. Purdy, K. K. Ang |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5769-2 |
Descript | XII, 305 p. online resource |
1. Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning and Conformal Dose Delivery โ A Physicistโs Perspective -- 2. Radiation Therapy Beam Modulation Techniques -- 3. Computer-Controlled Delivery of 3D Conformal Radiation Treatments -- 4. Implementation and Clinical Use of Portal Imaging -- 5. Altered Fractionation: Radiobiological Principles, Clinical Results, and Potential for Dose Escalation -- 6. Pharmacologic Modification of Radiation-Induced Late Normal Tissue Injury -- 7. Role of Gene Therapy in Radiation Oncology -- 8. Potential Applications of Cell Cycle Manipulation to Clinical Response -- 9. Advances in Brachytherapy -- 10. Recent Advances in External Electromagnetic Hyperthermia -- 11. Implementation of Newer Radiotherapeutic Technology in the Management of Prostate Cancer -- 12. Conformal Radiation Therapy โ A Physicianโs Perspective -- 13. Clinical Applications of Stereotactic Radiosurgery