Radiotherapy

Phase I oncology drug development

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This book provides a detailed review of how oncology drug development has changed over the past decade, and serves as a comprehensive guide for the practicalities in setting up phase I trials. The book covers strategies to accelerate the development of novel antitumor compounds …

Phase I Oncology Drug Development

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This book provides a detailed review of how oncology drug development has changed over the past decade, and serves as a comprehensive guide for the practicalities in setting up phase I trials. The book covers strategies to accelerate the development of novel antitumor compounds …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy in neurosurgery

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This book serves as a foundation for MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) across neurosurgical diseases. It provides state-of-the-art information on the latest indications and results for LITT in CNS applications, as well as prerequisite historical perspective an…

Laser interstitial thermal therapy in neurosurgery

by Gross, Robert E., Chiang, Veronica L., Danish, Shabbar F.

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This book serves as a foundation for MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) across neurosurgical diseases. It provides state-of-the-art information on the latest indications and results for LITT in CNS applications, as well as prerequisite historical perspective an…

Imaging and interventional radiology for radiation oncology

by Oyen, Wim J. G., Valentini, Vincenzo, Beets-Tan, Regina G. H.

fromMedical radiology (Series)

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This book, edited by leading experts in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology, offers a wide-ranging, state of the art overview of the specifics and the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to the use of imaging in image-guided radiation treatments for differen…

Imaging and Interventional Radiology for Radiation Oncology

by Oyen, Wim J. G., Valentini, Vincenzo, Beets-Tan, Regina G.H

fromDiagnostic Imaging

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This book, edited by leading experts in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology, offers a wide-ranging, state of the art overview of the specifics and the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to the use of imaging in image-guided radiation treatments for differen…

Imaging and interventional radiology for radiation oncology

by Beets-Tan, R. G. H., Oyen, Wim J. G., Valentini, Vincenzo

fromMedical radiology (Series)

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This book, edited by leading experts in radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology, offers a wide-ranging, state of the art overview of the specifics and the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to the use of imaging in image-guided radiation treatments for differen…

Radiotherapy in managing brain metastases: a case-based approach

by Chang, Eric, Yamada, Yoshiya, Fiveash, John B., Knisely, Jonathan

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This book provides a radiotherapy perspective on the management of brain metastases with case-based discussion. This management has been rapidly evolving in the face of changing technology, progressing systemic therapy, and paradigm changes that all impact practice. These change…

Current management of melanoma

by Società italiana di chirurgia

fromUpdates in Surgery

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In the last decade, the clinical management of melanoma has become more effective: basic clinical studies, randomized clinical trials, and new drugs have greatly improved the prognosis of patients, both in the initial and in the advanced stage of the disease. This book offers a …

Image-guidance is now commonly utilised for patient positioning and as such, there are vast archives of Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) images, with data captured at many time points throughout patients' treatment schedules. In this thesis image-guidance data has been incorpora…

The expectation for continual improvements in the treatment of cancer has brought quality assurance in radiotherapy under scrutiny in recent years. After a cancer diagnosis a custom treatment plan is devised to meet the particular needs of the patient's condition based on their …

Toxicities of radiation treatment for breast cancer: risks and management strategies

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This book is a comprehensive guide to breast toxicity. Adjuvant radiation remains standard for a majority of women who undergo breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer, and indications for post-mastectomy and regional lymph node irradiation have also broadened with recent pub…

Moderne Chirurgie des Magen- und Kardiakarzinoms

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Fundierte Informationen aus erster Hand In 22 Kapiteln fassen renommierte Autoren in diesem Buch den Wissensstand zur Chirurgie der Magenkarzinome und der Karzinome des gastroösophagealen Übergangs zusammen. Neben den unterschiedlichen Therapiemodalitäten sind auch die Primärdia…

Moderne Chirurgie des Magen- und Kardiakarzinoms

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Fundierte Informationen aus erster Hand In 22 Kapiteln fassen renommierte Autoren in diesem Buch den Wissensstand zur Chirurgie der Magenkarzinome und der Karzinome des gastroösophagealen Übergangs zusammen. Neben den unterschiedlichen Therapiemodalitäten sind auch die Primärdia…

Introduction to physics in modern medicine

by Amador Kane, Suzanne, Gelman, Boris A.

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"From x-rays to lasers to magnetic resonance imaging, developments in basic physics research have been transformed into medical technologies for imaging, surgery and therapy at an ever-accelerating pace. Physics has joined with genetics and molecular biology to define much of wh…

Modelling radiotherapy side effects: practical applications for planning optimisation

fromSeries in medical physics and biomedical engineering

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"The treatment of a patient with radiation therapy is planned to find the optimal way to treat a tumor while minimizing the dose received by the surrounding normal tissues. In order to better exploit the possibilities of this process, the availability of accurate and quantitativ…

Modelling radiotherapy side effects: practical applications for planning optimization

fromSeries in medical physics and biomedical engineering

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Data and models -- Predicting the risk of toxicity in practice -- Vision/challenges. "The treatment of a patient with radiation therapy is planned to find the optimal way to treat a tumor while minimizing the dose received by the surrounding normal tissues. In order to better e…