Radiobiology for the radiologist / Eric J. Hall, DPhil, DSc, FACR, FRCR, FASTRO, Higgins Professor Emeritus of Radiation Biophysics, Special Lecturer in Radiation Oncology, Special Research Scientist, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; Amato J. Giaccia, PhD, Jack, Lulu, and Sam Wilson Professor of Cancer Biology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Director, Radiation and Cancer Biology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
| Author/creator | Hall, Eric J. |
| Other author | Giaccia, Amato J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Eighth edition. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2019] |
| Description | vii, 597 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Physics and chemistry of radiation absorption -- Molecular mechanisms of DNA and chromosome damage and repair -- Cell survival curves -- Radiosensitivity and cell age in the mitotic cycle -- Fractionated radiation and the dose-rate effect -- Oxygen effect and reoxygenation -- Linear energy transfer and relative biologic effectiveness -- Acute radiation syndrome -- Medical countermeasures to radiation exposure -- Radiation carcinogenesis -- Heritable effects of radiation -- Effects of radiation on the embryo and fetus -- Radiation cataractogenesis -- Radiologic terrorism -- Doses and risks in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology and cardiology, and nuclear medicine -- Radiation protection -- Molecular techniques in radiobiology -- Cancer biology -- Dose-response relationships for model normal tissues -- Clinical response of normal tissues -- Model tumor systems -- Cell, tissue, and tumor kinetics -- Time, dose, and fractionation in radiotherapy -- Retreatment after radiotherapy: the possibilities and the perils -- Alternative radiation modalities -- The biology and exploitation of tumor hypoxia -- Chemotherapeutic agents from the perspective of the radiation biologist -- Hyperthermia. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017057791 |
| ISBN | 9781496335418 (hardcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |