The presentations cover the principle physical and biological aspects of radiation therapy and address practical clinical considerations in planning and delivering therapy. The importance of the assessment of uncertainties is emphasized. Topics include: an overview of the physics of the interactions of radiation with matter; the definition of the goals and the design of radiation therapy approaches; proton therapy; living with uncertainty; biophysical models of radiation damage; computer-based optimization of treatments; and the reporting of results.

Shares the viewpoint of a person standing with one foot in physics and the other in radiation oncology Designed to assist practitioners in physics understand the problems of, and find solutions for, practitioners in radiation oncology and vice versa Written by an international expert in proton, light ion, and heavy charged particle radiotherapy

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Michael Goitein, Ph.D., is Professor of Radiation Therapy Emeritus (Radiation Biophysics) Harvard Medical School. He is certified in Therapeutic Radiological Physics by the American Board of Radiology and in Medical Physics by the Swiss Society of Medical Physics and Biology. He is also a Fellow in the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and an Honorary Member of the Belgian Society of Radiotherapy and Oncology.

Inhalt
Radiation in the Treatment of Cancer.- Uncertainty.- Mapping Anatomy.- Designing a Treatment Beam.- Biology Matters.- Designing a Treatment Plan.- Motion Management.- Planning Manually.- IMRT and Optimization.- Proton Therapy in Water.- Proton Therapy in the Patient.- Quality Assurance.- Confidence.