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This book gives a comprehensive overview on the use of image-guided
radiation therapy (IGRT) in the treatment of lung cancer, covering
step-by-step guidelines for clinical implementations, fundamental
principles and key technical advances. It covers benefits and
limitations of techniques as well as quality and safety issues
related to IGRT practice. Addresses imaging simulation, treatment
planning, verification, and delivery Discusses important quality
assurance issues Describes current methods using specialized
machines and technologies Jing Cai, PhD, is an Associate Professor
of Radiation Oncology at Duke University Medical Center. Joe Y.
Chang, MD, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Radiation
Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston. Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, is Chief of the Division of Radiation
Physics, Professor of Radiation Oncology, and Director of the
Medical Physics program at Duke University.
This book gives a comprehensive overview on the use of image-guided
radiation therapy (IGRT) in the treatment of lung cancer, covering
step-by-step guidelines for clinical implementations, fundamental
principles and key technical advances. It covers benefits and
limitations of techniques as well as quality and safety issues
related to IGRT practice. Addresses imaging simulation, treatment
planning, verification, and delivery Discusses important quality
assurance issues Describes current methods using specialized
machines and technologies Jing Cai, PhD, is an Associate Professor
of Radiation Oncology at Duke University Medical Center. Joe Y.
Chang, MD, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Radiation
Oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston. Fang-Fang Yin, PhD, is Chief of the Division of Radiation
Physics, Professor of Radiation Oncology, and Director of the
Medical Physics program at Duke University.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United
States, but IGRT (image guided radiation therapy) offers the
possibility of more aggressive and enhanced treatments. The only
available source on the subject that emphasizes new imaging
techniques, and provides step-by-step treatment guidelines for lung
cancer, this source helps clinicians locate and target tumors with
enhanced speed, improve the accuracy of radiation delivery, and
correctly target cancerous masses while avoiding surrounding
structures. Edited by radiation oncology experts from the renowned
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, this guide: focuses on novel
approaches using IGRT, particularly PET/CT, SPECT, 4-D CT,
stereotactic body radiation therapy, IMRT and proton radiotherapy,
and offers expert guidance on the dose, fractionation, target
volume delineation (including recommended margins with and without
respiratory gating based on our new 4-D CT study), and normal
tissue tolerances stands as the first step-by-step guide for
radiation oncologists to implement new image-guided techniques into
their day-to-day clinical practice, and considers the practical
issues of implementing these approaches into their routine helps
clinicians use imaging technologies to detect changes in tumor
size, shape, position, or metabolism over a course of radiotherapy
treatment provides disease stage-specific treatment guidelines and
clearly lays out imaging techniques serves as roadmap for future
research and development
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