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Featuring contributions from renowned specialists and prepared by "an editor well known for his skilled and no-nonsense methods of dealing with the various types of major organ cancers," Clinical Radiation Oncology, Second Edition presents clinically relevant information in a user-friendly format. Thoroughly revised and extensively illustrated, the book features individual chapters on such topics as:
*Radiation biology for oncologists
*Physical aspects of radiation oncology
*Cancer of the skin
*Head and neck cancer
*Breast cancer
*Gynecologic malignancies
*Central nervous system tumors
*Lymphomas
*Pediatric tumors

Clinical Radiation Oncology, Second Edition is an invaluable reference for radiation oncologists, oncologic surgeons, medical oncologists, and residents.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1 Basic Concepts of Clinical Radiation Oncology 1
2 Radiation Biology for Radiation Oncologists 15
3 Physical Aspects of Radiation Therapy 63
4 Cancer of the Skin 87
5 Cancer of the Head and Neck 103
A Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity 106
B Carcinoma of the Oropharynx 132
C Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx 139
D Carcinoma of the Larynx 146
E Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx 153
F The Naso-Sinuses Carcinomas 160
G The Salivary Glands 169
H The Cervical Nodes with Unknown Primary 173
I The Temporal Bone Tumors 176
J Radiation Therapy Sequelae and Complications 179
Thyroid Carcinomas 182
6 Cancer of the Breast 189
7 Cancer of the Intrathorax 295
A Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Lung 295
B Carcinoma of the Esophagus 333
8 Gastrointestinal Malignancies 343
A Pancreatic Cancer 343
B Colon Cancer 350
C Rectal Cancer 356
D Anal Canal 372
9 Genitourinary Malignancies 379
A Bladder Cancer 379
B Carcinoma of the Prostate 398
C Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract 422
D Testis Cancer 427
E Penis 437
10 Gynecological Malignancies 441
A Carcinoma of the Endometrium 441
B Vulva 459
C Ovary 489
D Vagina 508
E Cervix 519
11 Soft Tissue Sarcomas 565
12 Central Nervous System Tumors 583
13 The Lymphomas 605
14 Pediatric Tumors 635
15 Novel Radiotherapeutic Approaches 661
A Use of Particle Radiation Therapy 661
B Altered Fractionation Radiation Therapy 705
C Intra-operative Radiation Therapy (IORT) 717
D 3D Conformal Radiation Therapy 725
Index 743