Walter and Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy E-book

A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all those concerned with the uses of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Walter & Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy has become the core text for therapeutic radiography students and an important introductory text for trainee radiologists and clinical physicists. The book is divided into two parts: the first covers underlying principles of physics, and the second is a systematic review by tumour site concentrating on the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of malignant disease and setting its use in context with chemotherapy and surgery.

The 7th edition continues the tradition of bringing the physics and clinical application of radiation for therapy together at entry level and is completely revised to take into account the huge technological advances in radiotherapy treatment since publication of the previous edition.

*Imaging is now an essential part of radiotherapy, relevant for both the treatment and preparation of a patient's treatment. Radionuclide imaging and X-ray imaging have been expanded to MRI and PET, along with some use of ultrasound.

*Treatment planning dose prediction - the basis and application of modern computational calculations are explained for modern treatment delivery systems. The role of the algorithm for dose prediction is central to ensure speedy and accurate calculations for treatment.

*Quality Control

*Quality Systems

The book is supported by Evolve electronic resources: sample plans, additional diagnostic images and clinical photographs.

Contenu

Section 1

1. Atoms, nuclei and radioactivity

2. Radiation interactions with matter

3. Radiation measurement and detection

4. Radiation protection

5. Imaging with X-ray, MRI and ultrasound

6. Imaging with radionuclides

7. Therapy with unsealed radionuclides

8. Radiotherapy beam production

9. Radiation treatment planning: immobilisation, localisation and verification techniques

10. Principles and practice of radiation treatment planning

11. Brachytherapy

12. Networking, data and image handling and computing in radiotherapy

13. Quality control in radiotherapy

14. Quality management in radiotherapy

Section 2

15. Epidemiology of cancer, screening, etc

16. Biological and pathological introduction

17. Molecular, cellular and tissue effects of radiotherapy

18. Principles and management of patients with cancer

19. Chemotherapy and hormones

20. Skin and lip cancer

21. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

22. Head and neck cancer - general principles

23. Thyroid cancer

24. Gastro-intestinal cancer

25. Tumours of the thorax

26. Breast cancer

27. Gynaecological cancer

28. Kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, urethra, penis

29. Lymphoma and disease of bone marrow

30. Tumours of the central nervous system

31. Eye and orbit

32. Sarcomas

33. Paediatric oncology

34. Care of patients during radiotherapy

35. Medical complications of malignant disease