Palliation of Visceral Recurrences and Metastases and Treatment of Oligometastatic Disease Ramji R. Rajendran, Siavash Jabbari, and William F. Hartsell The 5-year survival and overall cure rates for many cancers…
Supportive Care and Quality of Life Gary Deng and Barrie R. Cassileth BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SUPPORTIVE CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE “Quality of life” entered the medical lexicon for the…
Pituitary Gland Cancer Theodore E. Yaeger FIGURE 36.1. Posterolateral view of the pituitary gland. P, posterior; r, right. 1, pituitary gland; 2, sphenoid sinus; 3, diaphragm sellae; 4, optic chiasm;…
Basic Concepts of Chemotherapy and Irradiation Interaction D. Nathan Kim, Michael Story, and Hak Choy For decades, radiation therapy has been a major treatment modality for locally or regionally confined…
Ethics, Professional Values, and Legal Considerations in Radiation Oncology Brian D. Kavanagh, Laurie J. Lyckholm, and Jeremy Sugarman The medical profession experienced a rise in socioeconomic stature in the United…
Neoplasms Associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Bernadine R. Donahue and Jay S. Cooper We cannot deal with AIDS by making moral judgments or refusing to face unpleasant facts, and still…
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 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 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….
