Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone
Osteosarcoma and Other Primary Tumors of Bone Jaroslaw T. Hepel and Timothy J. Kinsella Primary malignant tumors of bone are rare neoplasms accounting for <0.2% of all cancers. In 2010,…
Adrenal Cancer
Adrenal Cancer Filip T. Troicki and John J. Coen ANATOMY The paired suprarenal (adrenal) glands are located between the superomedial aspects of the kidney and the diaphragmatic crura. They are…
Pain Management
Pain Management Gary Deng, Amitabh Gulati, and Barrie R. Cassileth Pain can significantly decrease patients’ quality of life during and after radiotherapy, but appropriate and adequate pain management remains imperfect….
Breast Cancer: Stage Tis
Breast Cancer: Stage Tis David E. Wazer and Douglas W. Arthur Noninvasive carcinoma of the breast (stage Tis) includes Paget’s disease of the nipple and two histopathologic entities that are…
Radioimmunotherapy and Unsealed Radionuclide Therapy
Radioimmunotherapy and Unsealed Radionuclide Therapy Tod W. Speer IMMUNOLOGY AND TARGETING CONSTRUCTS Immunity refers to protection from disease or infectious agents.1 Our immune system is composed of the cells and…
Locally Advanced Squamous Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Locally Advanced Squamous Carcinoma of the Head and Neck David M. Brizel and David J. Adelstein Approximately 50,000 patients are diagnosed annually with squamous cell head and neck cancer (HNC)…
Hyperthermia as a Treatment Modality
Hyperthermia as a Treatment Modality Mark W. Dewhirst, Paul Stauffer, Zeljko Vujaskovic, Chelsea D. Landon, and Leonard R. Prosnitz The rationale for combining hyperthermia (HT) with radiation (RT) rests on…
Altered Fractionation Schedules
Altered Fractionation Schedules Anesa Ahamad This chapter discusses radiotherapy fractionation schedules that are different from the conventional fractionation in the United States of 1.8- to 2-Gy doses given once daily,…
Proton Therapy
Proton Therapy Nancy Price Mendenhall and Zuofeng Li The burgeoning interest in proton therapy is related to its potential to improve the therapeutic ratio for many malignancies treated with radiation….
Carbon Ions
Carbon Ions Pascal Pommier, Stephanie E. Combs, and Tadashi Kamada PRESENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVE FOR CARBON IONS Carbon ion therapy is an innovative radiotherapy modality that is mostly dedicated to…
