The New Edition of this highly respected resource equips readers with the very latest clinical guidelines in radiation oncology. 52 leading experts-many of them new to this edition-present their preferred management approaches for all body regions, emphasizing how to deliver precise, targeted radiation doses while sparing healthy tissue.
- Provides clinical evidence for therapeutic recommendations, wherever available.
- Reviews the physical and biological basis for radiation therapy and radiation physics, as well as the principles involved in combining radiation therapy with both surgery and chemotherapy
- Uses an organ-system organization to present the most effective methods for each part of the body.
- Addresses special considerations such as radiation therapy for transplant recipients, palliative care, and the clinical applications of new modalities.
- Covers all of the latest techniques and radiotherapeutic modalities - including brachytherapy, 3-D conformal radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Integrates the most recent advances in treatment for head and neck cancers, leukemia, cancers of the prostate and central nervous systems, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, and more.
