Principles of proton beam therapy
Introduction The potential of physical characteristics of protons for cancer treatments was first recognized by Wilson in 1946. During the following four decades or so, proton accelerators at various physics…
Principles of radiobiology
Introduction Radiotherapy is used as one of the major treatment modalities for patients with malignant diseases at different disease stages. Currently, the most common radiation choice for the majority of…
Overview of the Diagnostic and Management Problems Encountered When Malignant Type Calcifications Are Detected on the Mammogram
10.1055/b-0034-80351 Overview of the Diagnostic and Management Problems Encountered When Malignant Type Calcifications Are Detected on the Mammogram The relative frequencies of the casting type, crushed stone-like and powdery calcifications…
Group 1A: Example 2.2
10.1055/b-0034-80355 Group 1A: Example 2.2 A 70-year-old asymptomatic woman, screening examination. The faint cluster of crushed stone-like calcifications was not perceived. At her next screening examination 18 months later she…
Group 1A: Example 2.1
10.1055/b-0034-80354 Group 1A: Example 2.1 A 57-year-old asymptomatic woman, screening examination. Called back to the assessment center for further examination of the small cluster of calcifications in her left breast…
Classification of Crushed Stone-like Calcifications Produced by Malignant Processes
10.1055/b-0034-80352 Classification of Crushed Stone-like Calcifications Produced by Malignant Processes Correlation of subgross, 3D histological and mammographic images provides a basis for the following classification of crushed stone-like calcifications produced…
11 Bone Tumors: Ablation
10.1055/b-0035-129541 11 Bone Tumors: AblationMatthew R. Callstrom, and A. Nicholas Kurup 11.1 Introduction Approximately 70% of the 1 million people that die each year in the United States due to…
13 Emerging Technologies in Interventional Oncology
10.1055/b-0035-129543 13 Emerging Technologies in Interventional OncologyOmar Zurkiya and Rahmi Oklu 13.1 Introduction Interventional oncology (IO) is a rapidly expanding field with continuous emergence of new concepts and approaches to…
12 Portal Vein Embolization
10.1055/b-0035-129542 12 Portal Vein EmbolizationSteven L. Hsu, and Sanjeeva P. Kalva 12.1 Introduction Liver transplantation, surgical resection, and percutaneous ablative approaches are potentially curative treatments for patients with hepatic malignancies….
3 Ablation of Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Metastatic Disease, and Chest Wall Malignancy
10.1055/b-0035-129533 3 Ablation of Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Metastatic Disease, and Chest Wall MalignancyCharles McGraw, Scott Genshaft, Fereidoun Abtin, Antonio Gutierrez, and Robert Suh 3.1 Introduction The role of thermal ablation…
