基本説明
Explains the treatment delivery systems used, offers detailed guidance on treatment planning techniques, examines key clinical issues in proton radiotherapy, and reviews recent experience with heavier charged particle radiotherapy. Also offers "how-to" information on treatment of pediatric tumors, lymphomas, and tumors of the central nervous system, eye, skull base, cervical spine, bone and soft tissue, paranasal sinus.... More than 100 full-color illustrations complement the text.
Full Description
This volume is the first comprehensive and practical clinical reference on proton and charged particle radiotherapy. The first half of the book explains the treatment delivery systems used, offers detailed guidance on treatment planning techniques, examines key clinical issues in proton radiotherapy, and reviews recent experience with heavier charged particle radiotherapy. The second half of the book offers "how-to" information on treatment of pediatric tumors, lymphomas, and tumors of the central nervous system, eye, skull base, cervical spine, bone and soft tissue, paranasal sinus, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, oral cavity, salivary glands, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal tract, female reproductive tract, and breast. More than 100 full-color illustrations complement the text.
Contents
History of Charged Particle Radiotherapy
Herman D. Suit and William Chu
Radiobiology of Charged Particles
Leo Gerweck and Harold Paganetti
Facility Design
Edward T.M. Tsoi and Jay Flanz
Particle Accelerators
Jay Flanz
Treatment Delivery Systems: Passive Beam Scattering
Bernard Gottschalk
Treatment Delivery Systems: Pencil Beam Scattering
Eros Pedroni
Quality Assurance
Richard L. Maughan and Jonathan B. Farr
Patient Positioning and Set-Up Verification for Planning and Treatment
Martijn Engelsman, Alejandro Mazal, and David A. Jaffray
Treatment Planning: Principles and Systems/Optimization
Hanne M. Kooy, Alexei Trofimov, Martijn Engelsman, and Alfred R. Smith
Treatment Planning: Passive Scattering
Hanne M. Kooy and Judy A. Adams
Treatment Planning: Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy
Antony John Lomax
Clinical Issues in Proton Radiotherapy
Thomas F. DeLaney
Overview of Experience with Heavier Charged Particle Radiotherapy
Hirohiko Tsujii, Tadashi Kamada, and Juergen Debus
Pediatric Tumors
Torunn Yock, Thomas F. DeLaney, Brittany Esty, and Nancy J. Tarbell
Central Nervous System
Helen A. Shih, Paul H. Chapman, Marc R. Bussière, Clark C. Chen, and Jay S. Loeffler
Eye
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, John E Munzenrider, Anne Marie Lane, and J. Michael Collier
Skull Base and Cervical Spine
Eugen B. Hug and John E. Munzenrider
Bone and Soft Tissue
Thomas F. DeLaney and David G. Kirsch
Head and Neck: Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity
Pascal Pommier, Marco Krengli, Allan F. Thornton, Jun-Etsu Mizoe, Daniela Schulz-Ertner, and Jean-Jacques Mazeron
Head and Neck: Nasopharynx
Samir Patel, Judy A. Adams, and Annie W. Chan
Head and Neck: Oropharynx, Oral Cavity, and Salivary Glands
Jerry D. Slater and Ryan S. Grover
Prostate
Anthony L. Zietman, William U. Shipley, Carl J. Rossi, Jerry D. Slater, and Hiroshi Tsuji
Lung
David A. Bush
Gastrointestinal
Koichi Tokuuye, Hirotoshi Kato, Shigeru Yamada, Tadashi Kamada, Yausyuki Akine, and Hirohiko Tsujii
Gynecologic
Takashi Nakano, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Shingo Kato, Tatsuya Ohno, and Thomas F. DeLaney
Breast
Shannon M. MacDonald and Alphonse Taghian
Lymphoma
Nancy Price Mendenhall and Daniel Yeung
