Radiobiology in Radiotherapy
By: edited by Norman M. Bleehen
Publisher: Springer London
Published: 1988
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781447116059; 9781447116035
Subjects: Medicine; Radiotherapy; Nuclear medicine; Oncology
Other titles: Ninth Symposium on Clinical Oncology of the Royal College of Radiologists, held February 1987 in London
Description: This book is designed to provide a synthesis of current radiobiological knowledge as it relates to modern radiotherapy practice. An eminent radiobiologist working in a specific area provides the biological background and a clinician then reviews the up-to-date practical implications of this scientific basis. All topical aspects of radiobiology as applied to radiotherapy are covered, including the effects of radiation on cells, normal tissue and tumor, the important features of fractionation, and dose rate. Alternative treatment modalities, such as particle therapy hyperthermia radiation sensitizers and other oxygen modifiers and the interaction with chemotherapeutic agents, are discussed from both the clinical and radiobiological points of view. The contributions stem from the 1987 Royal College of Radiologists' Clinical Oncology symposium.
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Table of contents: title: Cellular Response to Radiation: Experimental; title: Radiation Response of Tumours: Experimental; title: Normal Tissue Response to Radiation: Experimental; title: Measurement of Human Normal Tissue and Tumour Responses; title: Late Effects of Radiation in Man; title: Principles of Fractionation in Radiotherapy; title: Fractionation in the Clinic; title: Radiation Resistance and the Dose-Rate Effect: Experimental; title: Low Dose Rate in Clinical Radiotherapy; title: Total Body Irradiation: Normal Tissue Effects; title: Total Body Irradiation: Clinical Aspects; title: Particle Therapy: Physics and Biology; title: Clinical Aspects of Particle Therapy; title: Radiation Sensitizers and Related Compounds: New Approaches to Modification of Radiation Response; title: Radiation Sensitizers in Clinical Radiotherapy; title: Combined Treatment with Radiation and Anti-Cancer Drugs: Experimental and Clinical Results; title: Biological Aspects of Hyperthermia; title: Clinical Hyperthermia: Methods and Results; title: Monoclonal Antibodies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer; title: Subject Index.