Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer Ramesh Rengan, Indrin J. Chetty, Roy Decker, Corey J. Langer, William P. O’Meara, and Benjamin Movsas EPIDEMIOLOGY Throughout the world, lung cancer accounts for 13% (1.6 million) of…
Salivary Gland Cancer
Salivary Gland Cancer Chris H.J. Terhaard The salivary glands consist of the three large, paired major glands—parotid, submandibular, and sublingual (Fig. 43.1)—and many smaller, minor glands located throughout the upper…
Breast Cancer: Early Stage
Breast Cancer: Early Stage Sharad Goyal, Thomas A. Buchholz, and Bruce G. Haffty Radiation therapy plays an essential and critical role in the management of breast cancer. In a general…
Clinical Applications of Brachytherapy: Low-Dose Rate and Pulsed-Dose Rate
Clinical Applications of Brachytherapy: Low-Dose Rate and Pulsed-Dose Rate Alexandra J. Stewart, Caroline L. Halloway, and Phillip M. Devlin Brachytherapy was the first form of conformal radiation therapy, utilizing placement…
Nonmalignant Diseases
Nonmalignant Diseases Karen M. Winkfield, Jose G. Bazan, Iris C. Gibbs, Tony Y. Eng, and Charles R. Thomas Benign diseases generally include a class of localized tumors or growths that…
Mediastinal and Tracheal Cancer
Mediastinal and Tracheal Cancer Daniel R. Gomez, C. David Fuller, Sravana Chennupati, and Charles R. Thomas, Jr. MEDIASTINAL TUMORS Mediastinal malignancies are quite heterogenous in scope. Invasive thymomas and thymic…
Ovarian and Fallopian Tube Cancer
Ovarian and Fallopian Tube Cancer Larissa Lee, Ross Berkowitz, and Ursula Matulonis Ovarian neoplasms encompass a wide array of benign and malignant tumors with diverse histologic cell types, clinical features,…
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Loren K. Mell, William Y. Song, Todd Pawlicki, and Arno J. Mundt Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) consists of a panoply of technological applications with the common purpose…
Cancer of the Female Urethra
Cancer of the Female Urethra Tony Y. Eng Primary urethral carcinoma is a rare tumor, accounting for <1% of all malignancies. Although previous data suggested that urethral cancer was more…
Central Nervous System Tumors in Children
Central Nervous System Tumors in Children Carolyn R. Freeman, Jean-Pierre Farmer, and Roger E. Taylor Central nervous system (CNS) tumors account for 20% to 25% of all malignancies that occur…
