Radiation Oncology: Technology and Biology - Hardcover

Mauch, Peter; Loeffler, Jay S.

9780721667249: Radiation Oncology: Technology and Biology

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ISBN 10: 0721667244 ISBN 13: 9780721667249

Verlag: W B Saunders Co Ltd, 1994

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An up-to-date briefing on the latest technical developments in biology and physics that are changing the practice of radiation oncology. Doctors Mauch and Loeffler have assembled contributors in the forefront of research and practice who clearly detail essential advances in the areas of improved tumour localization, more precise delivery of radiation, drug development, and in molecular biology and genetics. The clinical implications of these new tools, techniques and medications are fully explored. Informed and perceptive assessments of present-day uses and potential future applications point the way to improved cancer therapy.

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This book concentrates on the technical innovations, molecular biology, and genetics that have impacted clinical practice in radiation oncology in the past and that will continue to do so in the future. This text, with contributions from over 30 renowned physicians, includes such topics as three-dimensional treatment planning, biochemical modifiers, radiosurgery, photodynamic therapy, total lymphoid irradiation, and genetics of radiation resistance.