Radiation Therapy for Sarcomas and Skin Cancers - A Practical Guide on Treatment Techniques (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)

This practical guide to the use of radiotherapy for the treatment of sarcomas and skin cancers covers a wide range of disease scenarios, identifying which treatment techniques are applicable in particular clinical circumstances. Among the conditions considered are extremity soft tissue sarcomas, retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas, bone sarcomas, uterine sarcomas, chordomas, pediatric sarcomas, squamous cell carcinomas, basal cell carcinomas, melanomas, Merkel cell carcinomas, and cutaneous lymphomas. Detailed attention is devoted to the issues and considerations of relevance in everyday practice when treating these diseases. The use of multiple radiotherapy techniques and procedures, including IMRT, brachytherapy, radiosurgery, and particle therapy, is fully explained, and the role of radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy and emerging therapeutics such as immunotherapy and biologic anticancer agents is also addressed. The book will be of high value for practicing radiation oncologists, medical and surgical oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, trainees, and other medical professionals.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology
Release date:	October 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Edward Kim • Upendra Parvathaneni • Meng Xu Welliver
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	380
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-106705-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Dermatology Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Medical imaging > Radiology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	3-03-106705-3
Barcode:	9783031067051

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