Full Description
This up-to-date, hands-on manual offers clear guidance on contouring and treatment planning for both standard and advanced radiation therapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancers and simultaneously draws together the available relevant clinical data for each type of cancer with a view to driving treatment recommendations. The full range of malignancies is covered, including esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatic, biliary, colon, rectal, and anal cancers and pelvic recurrences. Additional chapters are devoted to stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to the liver for metastatic disease.
The management of gastrointestinal cancers with radiation therapy has become increasingly complex. Specifically, the emergence of new techniques such as SBRT and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has further increased the need to understand how to contour targets and organs at risk, how to perform safe treatment planning, and when to apply these technologies. In this context, Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers represents an ideal reference for both established clinical radiation oncologists and radiation oncology residents.
Contents
Basics of Chemotherapy.- Esophageal Cancer: Clinical Data.- Esophageal Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Gastric Cancer: Clinical Data.- Gastric Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Data.- Pancreatic Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Primary Liver Cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma): Clinical Data.- Primary Liver Cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma): Contouring and treatment planning.- Biliary Cancer (Extrahepatic Bile Duct and Gallbladder): Clinical Data.- Biliary Cancer (Extrahepatic Bile Duct and Gallbladder): Contouring and treatment planning.- Colon Cancer: Clinical Data.- Colon Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Rectal Cancer: Clinical Data.- Rectal Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Anal Cancer: Clinical Data.- Anal Cancer: Contouring and treatment planning.- Pelvic Recurrences: Clinical Data.- Pelvic Recurrences: Contouring, treatment planning, and Intra-operative Radiation Therapy.- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to the Liver for Metastatic disease: Clinical Data.- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to the Liver for Metastatic disease: Contouring and treatment planning.
