By James D. Cox,Joe Y. Chang,Ritsuko Komaki
ISBN-10: 0849387833
ISBN-13: 9780849387838
Lung melanoma is the top reason behind melanoma demise within the usa, yet IGRT (image guided radiation remedy) deals the potential of extra competitive and more desirable remedies. the one on hand resource at the topic that emphasizes new imaging innovations, and offers step by step remedy directions for lung melanoma, this resource is helping clinicians find and goal tumors with stronger pace, increase the accuracy of radiation supply, and properly goal cancerous plenty whereas keeping off surrounding structures.
Edited through radiation oncology specialists from the popular M.D. Anderson melanoma heart, this guide:
- focuses on novel methods utilizing IGRT, really PET/CT, SPECT, 4-D CT, stereotactic physique radiation remedy, IMRT and proton radiotherapy, and provides specialist counsel at the dose, fractionation, objective quantity delineation (including steered margins with and with no breathing gating in accordance with our new 4-D CT study), and basic tissue tolerances
- stands because the first step by step advisor for radiation oncologists to enforce new image-guided recommendations into their day by day medical perform, and considers the sensible problems with enforcing those ways into their routine
- helps clinicians use imaging applied sciences to become aware of adjustments in tumor dimension, form, place, or metabolism over a process radiotherapy treatment
- provides affliction stage-specific therapy directions and obviously lays out imaging techniques
- serves as roadmap for destiny examine and development
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