Proton and charged particle radiotherapy / editors, Thomas F. DeLaney, Hanne M. Kooy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Laney, Thomas F.

Kooy, Hanne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proton beams--Therapeutic use.

Proton beams.

Radiotherapy, High energy.

Cancer--Radiotherapy.

Cancer.

Radiotherapy, High-Energy.

Proton Therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Radiotherapy, High-Energy.

Proton Therapy.

Physical Description:

x, 274 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008]

Summary:

This volume is the first comprehensive and practical clinical reference on proton and charged particle radiotherapy. The first half of the book explains the treatment delivery systems used, offers detailed guidance on treatment planning techniques, examines key clinical issues in proton radiotherapy, and reviews recent experience with heavier charged particle radiotherapy. The second half of the book offers "how-to" information on treatment of pediatric tumors, lymphomas, and tumors of the central nervous system, eye, skull base, cervical spine, bone and soft tissue, paranasal sinus, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, oral cavity, salivary glands, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal tract, female reproductive tract, and breast. More than 100 full-color illustrations complement the text.

Contents:

History of charged particle radiotherapy / Herman D. Suit and William Chu

Radiobiology of charged particles / Leo Gerweck and Harald Paganetti

Facility design / Edward T.M. Tsoi and Jay Flanz

Particle accelerators / Jay Flanz

Treatment delivery systems: passive beam scattering / Bernard Gottschalk

Treatment delivery systems: pencil beam scanning / Eros Pedroni

Quality assurance for proton therapy / Richard L. Maughan and Jonathan B. Farr

Patient positioning and set-up verification for planning and treatment / Martijn Engelsman, Alejandro Mazal, and David A. Jaffray

Treatment planning: principles of systems and optimization / Hanne M. Kooy ... [et al.]

Treatment planning: passive scattering / Hanne M. Kooy and Judy A. Adams

Treatment planning: intensity-modulated proton therapy / Antony John Lomax

Clinical issues in proton radiotherapy / Thomas F. DeLaney

Overview of experience with heavier charged particle radiotherapy / Hirohiko Tsujii, Tadashi Kamada, and Juergen Debus

Pediatric tumors / Torunn Yock ... [et al.]

Central nervous system / Helen A. Shih ... [et al.]

Eye / Evangelos S. Gragoudas ... [et al.]

Skull base and cervical spine / Eugen B. Hug and John E. Munzenrider

Bone and soft tissue / Thomas F. DeLaney and David G. Kirsch

Head and neck: paranasal sinus and nasal cavity / Pascal Pommier ... [et al.]

Head and neck: nasopharynx / Samir Patel ... [et al.]

Head and neck: oropharynx, oral cavity, and salivary glands / Jerry D. Slater and Ryan S. Grover

Prostate / Anthony L. Zietman, William U. Shipley, and Hiroshi Tsuji

Lung / David A. Bush

Gastrointestinal malignancies / Koichi Tokuuye ... [et al.]

Gynecologic carcinoma / Takashi Nakano ... [et al.]

Breast / Shannon M. MacDonald and Alphonse G. Taghian

Potential role of proton therapy in the management of lymphoma / Nancy Price Mendenhall and Daniel Yeung.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781765528

9780781765527

OCLC:

152793990