Stereotactic Irradiation of Tumors Outside the Central Nervous System Brian D. Kavanagh, Jeffrey D. Bradley, and Robert D. Timmerman Departing from the established traditions of conventionally fractionated external beam radiotherapy,…
Smart Radiotherapy C. Norman Coleman, Eric J. Bernhard, Jacek Capala, Bhadrasain Vikram, and James A. Deye When assigned this chapter title, “Smart Radiotherapy,” we were challenged as to the best…
Intraoperative Radiotherapy Timothy J. Kinsella Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) involves the delivery of radiation during surgery using various types of radiation sources/technologies, including intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT), high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-IORT),…
Total-Body and Hemibody Irradiation Kenneth B. Roberts, Zhe Chen, and Stuart Seropian Historically, total-body irradiation (TBI) has been used without stem cell support for palliation of radiation-sensitive disease such as…
We are grateful for the scholarly, meticulous, and thorough work of the contributors to this volume. Through six editions, this book has become the “book of record” for the specialty…
Fifty to sixty percent of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy each year as definitive therapy, for palliation, or as an adjunct to surgery or chemotherapy….
Contributors David J. Adelstein, MD Professor of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Anesa Ahamad, MD Associate Lecturer Faculty of Medical Sciences…
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