Proton and charged particle radiotherapy
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ,
c2008
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Table of Contents:
- 1. History of Charged Particle Radiotherapy
- 2. Radiobiology of Charged Particles
- 3. Facility Design
- 4. Particle Accelerators
- 5. Treatment Delivery Systems
- 5.A. Passive Beam Scattering
- 5.B. Pencil Beam Scanning
- 6. Quality Assurance for Proton Therapy
- 7. Patient Positioning and Set-up Verification for Planning and Treatment
- 8. Treatment Planning
- 8.A. Principles of Systems and Optimization
- 8.B. Passive Scattering
- 8.C. Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy
- 9. Clinical Issues in Proton Radiotherapy
- 10. Overview of Experience with Heavier Charged Particle Radiotherapy
- 11. Pediatric Tumors
- 12. Central Nervous System
- 13. Eye
- 14. Skull Base and Cervical Spine
- 15. Bone and Soft Tissue
- 16. Head and Neck
- 16.A. Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity
- 16.B. Nasopharynx
- 16.C. Oropharynx, Oral Cavity, Salivary Glands
- 17. Prostate
- 18. Lung
- 19. Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- 20. Gynecologic Carcinoma
- 21. Breast
- 22. Potential Role of Proton Therapy in the Management of Lymphoma A1 Nancy Price Mendenhall