Radiotherapy in Practice - Imaging

Neuausgabe 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-923132-4
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 626 g

Reihe: Radiotherapy in Practice

Imaging is a critical component in the delivery of radiotherapy to patients with malignancy, and this book teaches the principles and practice of imaging specific to radiotherapy. Introductory chapters outline the basic principles of the available imaging modalities including x-rays, ultrasound, CT, MR, nuclear medicine, and PET. Site specific chapters then cover the main tumour sites, reviewing optimal imaging techniques for diagnosis, staging, radiotherapy
planning, and follow-up for each site. Chapters are co-authored by oncologists and radiologists specialising in a specific area to provide an authoritative view on the role of imaging in the patient's journey and examples of relevant images are provided throughout. The important areas of radiation
protection, exposure justification, and risks, are also comprehensively covered, exploring issues such as balancing radiation exposure with long-term risks of radiation effects such as second cancer induction.

ABOUT THE SERIES
Radiotherapy remains the major non-surgical treatment modality for the management of malignant disease, with over 50% of patients receiving treatment at some time during the management of their disease. It is based on the application of the principles of applied physics, radiobiology, and tumour biology to clinical practice. Volumes in this series take the reader through the basic principles of different types of radiotherapy or components of radiotherapy, and then develop this by individual
sites. This series of practical handbooks are aimed at physicians both in training and practising radiotherapy, as well as medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiographers and senior nurses.

Zielgruppe

This book is relevant to radiation oncologists, clinical oncologists and radiotherapists, both qualified and in training. It will also be of interest to medical physicists, dosimetrists, radiotherapy radiographers, diagnostic radiographers, and specialist nurses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoskin, Peter

Goh, Vicky

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Nuklearmedizin, PET, Radiotherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Peter Hoskin: Introduction
2: Jonathan Liaw, Jane Taylor, Anthony Chambers, Bal Sanghera & Vicky Goh: Principles of imaging
3: Steve Allen: Breast
4: Noelle O'Rourke and Michael Sproule: Lung and thorax
5: Peter Hoskin and Charlotte Fowler: Lymphoma
6: Ian Geh, Ben Miller, R. Jane Chambers, Brinder Mahon, Beatrice Seddon & Shuvro Roy-Choudhury: Upper GI tumours
7: Vicky Goh & Rob Glynne-Jones: Lower gastrointestinal tract
8: Oliver Wignall, Vincent Khoo & S. Aslam Sohaib: Urological cancers
9: Guy Burkill & Kate Lankester: Gynaecological cancers
10: Wai Lup Wong, Julian Kabala & Michele Saunders: Head and neck cancers
11: Sara C Erridge, Rod Gibson & David Summers: Central nervous system
12: Frank Saran: Connective tissues (soft tissue sarcoma)
13: Yong Du & Jamshed Bomanji: Endocrine tumours
14: S James & David Spooner: Skeletal tumours
15: Paul Humphries, Francesca Peters & Mark Gaze: Paediatrics
16: Charlotte Whittaker & Vicky Goh: Imaging for common complications
17: Jane Shekdhar & Edwin Aird: Radiation protection issues when imaging patients for radiotherapy
Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Hoskin qualified at the Royal Free Hospital and, after junior posts in general medicine in London, trained in clinical oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He currently has a busy clinical practice focusing on urological and gynaecological malignancies and lymphomas. He also directs a research programme through UCL developing and evaluating functional imaging in oncological practice. Professor Hoskin is series editor of the OUP series, Radiotherapy in
Practice.

Vicky Goh qualified in medicine at Cambridge and, after junior posts in general medicine, went on to train in radiology in London, and completed a fellowship in cross-sectional imaging in Toronto, Canada. She has a busy clinical practice with a special interest in imaging gastrointestinal and thoracic malignancies. Her area of research is on developing and evaluating functional imaging techniques.