Pediatric radiation oncology / editors, Louis S. Constine, MD, FASTRO, The Philip Rubin Professor of Radiation Oncology and Pediatrics, Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Director, The Judy DiMarzo Cancer Survivorship Program, James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, FASTRO, CC Wang Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA, Chancellor/Chief Executive Officer, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Pediatrics, and History, New York Medical College, Provost for Biomedical Affairs, Touro College and University, Valhalla, New York.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Constine, Louis S., editor.

Tarbell, Nancy J., 1951- editor.

Halperin, Edward C., editor.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Child.

Tumors in children--Radiotherapy.

Tumors in children.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Child.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]

Summary:

Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Sixth Edition continues to be the premier reference that offers comprehensive coverage of this challenging area for the radiation oncologist in training or practice, medical radiation physicists and dosimetrists, as well as pediatric oncologists and others interested in understanding childhood malignancies.

Contents:

The cancer problem in children

Leukemias in children

Supratentorial brain tumors

Tumors of the posterior fossa and the spinal canal

Retinoblastoma

Neuroblastoma

Hodgkin lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Ewing sarcoma

Osteosarcoma, chordoma, and chondrosarcoma

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Soft tissue sarcomas other than rhabdomyosarcoma; desmoid tumor

Wilms tumor

Liver tumors in children

Germ and stromal cell tumors of the gonads and extragonadal germ cell tumors

Endocrine, aerodigestive tract, and breast tumors

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Vascular neoplasms and skin cancer

Late effects of cancer treatment

Second primary cancers

Anesthesia for external beam radiotherapy

Psychosocial aspects of radiotherapy for the child and family with cancer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4963-6568-2

OCLC:

1011167597