This book provides a thorough review of the current role of radiation therapy in the management of childhood tumors. Chapters are provided on each significant malignancy, but also on the principles of pediatric radiation therapy, the etiology of childhood tumors, and newer, molecular approaches in pediatric oncology.

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1 Pediatric Radiation Therapy: Introduction.- 2 Etiology, Clinical Associations, and the Possibility of Prevention of Childhood Malignancies.- 3 Acute and Chronic Normal Tissue Effects and Potential Modification in Pediatric Radiation Therapy.- 4 Molecular Biology and Genetic Advances in Childhood Malignancies.- 5 Principles of Damage Interactions Between Radiation and Chemotherapeutic Agents.- 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.- 7 Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia.- 8 Biologic and Physical Principles of Total Body Irradiation for Allogeneic and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children with Leukemia and Lymphoma.- 9 Role of Radiation Therapy in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the Child.- 10 Effects of Therapy on Central Nervous System Functions in Children.- 11 Hodgkin's Disease.- 12 Neuroblastoma.- 13 Malignant Brain Tumors Including Medulloblastoma, Embryonal Neuroectodermal Tumors, and Tumors of the Pineal Region, with a Special Discussion of the Management of Brain Tumors in Children of 3 Years and Younger.- 14 Brain Stem Gliomas in Children.- 15 Gliomas of the Supratentorium, Ventricular System, and Visual Pathways, and Tumors of the Sellar Region.- 16 Tumors of the Spinal Cord in Children.- 17 Wilms Tumor.- 18 Ewing's Sarcoma.- 19 Rhabdomyosarcoma.- 20 Osteosarcoma and the Less Common Sarcomas of Childhood.- 21 Retinoblastoma.- 22 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.- 23 Epithelial Carcinomas in the Child.- 24 Unusual Neoplasms of Childhood.- 25 Future Prospects in Childhood Cancer.- List of Contributors.