Gunderson & Tepper's clinical radiation oncology / senior editors, Joel E. Tepper, Robert L. Foote, Jeff M. Michalski.

Other author Tepper, Joel E.
Other author Foote, Robert L.
Other author Michalski, Jeff M.
Format Electronic
Edition5th edition.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA : Elsevier, [2021]
Descriptionxxi, 1586 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from ClinicalKey Flex
Subjects
Neoplasms--radiotherapy.
Radiation Oncology--methods.

Uniform titleClinical radiation oncology (Gunderson)
Variant title Clinical radiation oncology
Variant title Gunderson and Tepper's clinical radiation oncology
Contents The biological basis of radiation oncology -- Molecular and cellular biology -- Dose-response modifiers in radiation therapy -- Interaction of chemotherapy and radiation -- Biologics and their interactions with radiation -- Radiation oncology physics -- Radiation physics : stereotactic -- Radiation physics: charged particle therapy -- Surgical principles -- Principles of systemic cancer therapy -- Imaging in oncology -- Nuclear medicine -- Tumor ablation in interventional radiology -- Overview of oncology clinical trial design -- Health services research in radiation oncology : toward achieving the achievable for patients with cancer -- Radiation therapy in the elderly -- Palliative radiation medicine -- Late effects after radiation -- Quality and safety in radiation oncology -- Brachytherapy -- Intensity-modulated and image-guided radiotherapy -- Intraoperative irradiation -- Total body irradiation -- Charged particle radiotherapy -- Targeted radionuclide therapy -- Immunotherapy with radiotherapy -- Stereotactic irradiation : CNS tumors -- Stereotactic body irradiation : extracranial tumors -- Metastatic disease : bone, spinal cord, brain, liver, and lung -- Overview -- Low-grade gliomas -- High-grade gliomas -- Benign brain tumors : meningiomas and vestibular schwannomas -- Pituitary tumors and craniopharyngiomas -- Spinal cord tumors -- Ocular, orbital, and optic nerve tumors -- Overview -- Oral cavity -- Oropharyngeal cancer -- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma -- Larynx and hypopharynx cancer -- Sinonasal cancer -- Salivary gland malignancies -- Thyroid cancer -- Unknown head and neck primary site -- Management of the neck -- Cutaneous carcinoma -- Malignant melanoma -- Overview -- Small cell lung cancer -- Non-small cell lung cancer -- Uncommon thoracic tumors -- Overview -- Esophagus-gastric cancer -- Pancreatic cancer -- Hepatobiliary cancer -- Colon cancer -- Rectal cancer -- Anal carcinoma -- Overview -- Prostate cancer -- Bladder cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Kidney and ureteral carcinoma -- Penile cancer -- Overview -- Cervical cancer -- Endometrial cancer -- Cancers of the vulva and vagina -- Ovarian cancer -- Overview -- Noninvasive breast cancer -- Breast cancer : stages I-II -- Locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer -- Soft-tissue sarcoma -- Benign diseases -- Overview -- Central nervous system tumors in children -- Pediatric soft-tissue sarcomas -- Pediatric sarcomas of bone -- Wilms tumor -- Retinoblastoma -- Neuroblastoma -- Pediatric leukemia and lymphoma -- Pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma -- Rare pediatric tumors -- Overview -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell neoplasms -- Mycosis fungoides.
General notePreceded by Clinical radiation oncology / senior editors, Leonard L. Gunderson, Joel E. Tepper. 2016.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019949699
ISBN9780323672467 (hbk.)
ISBN0323672469 (hbk.)