IMRT, IGRT, SBRT - Advances in the Treatment Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy

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Editor(s): Meyer, J.L. (San Francisco, Calif.); Kavanagh, B.D. (Aurora, Colo.); Purdy, J.A. (Sacramento, Calif.); Timmerman, R. (Dallas, Tex.)

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J.L. Meyer, L. Verhey, P. Xia, J. Wong
Foreword: New Technologies in the Radiotherapy Clinic
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George T.Y. Chen, Jong H. Kung, Eike Rietzel
Four-Dimensional Imaging and Treatment Planning of Moving Targets
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Srinivasan Vijayakumar, Samir Narayan, Claus Chunli Yang, Philip Boerner, Rojymon Jacob, Mathew Mathai, Rick Harse, James Purdy
Introducing New Technologies into the Clinic. Benchmark Dose-Volume Histograms for Prostate Cancer as a Paradigm
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J.L. Meyer, S. Leibel, M. Roach, S. Vijayakumar
New Technologies for the Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer. A Discussion of Clinical Treatment Programs
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Brian D. Kavanagh, Tracey E. Schefter, Peter J. Wersäll
Liver, Renal, and Retroperitoneal Tumors: Stereotactic Radiotherapy
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Guidelines for clinical practice

New high-precision technologies for the planning and delivery of radiotherapy are major advances in cancer treatment. This volume is a comprehensive guidebook to these new technologies and the many clinical treatment programs that bring them into practical use. Advances in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 4D and adaptive treatment planning are clearly explained, and the new target localization and image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems are comprehensively reviewed. Clinical tutorials fully illustrate the target definitions for the major cancer sites, and techniques for organ motion management are shown. In addition, chapters explore the technical basis for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and the latest clinical experience with it for most organ sites.

In this volume, foremost authorities explain the important new techniques and technologies of radiation oncology, and give essential treatment guidelines for its clinical and technical practitioners.

Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology, Vol. 40
ISSN: 0071-9676
e-ISSN: 1662-3789

IMRT, IGRT, SBRT - Advances in the Treatment Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy

Editor(s): Meyer, J.L. (San Francisco, Calif.); Kavanagh, B.D. (Aurora, Colo.); Purdy, J.A. (Sacramento, Calif.); Timmerman, R. (Dallas, Tex.)
X + 438 p., 237 fig., 174 in color, 33 tab., hard cover + online supplement material, 2007
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