Late Effects of Cancer Treatment on Normal Tissues

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rubin, Philip (Editor), Constine, Louis S. (Editor), Marks, Lawrence B. (Editor), Okunieff, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Radiation Oncology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Internal medicine.; Oncology.; Pediatrics.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.; Internal Medicine.

The search for the most favorable therapeutic ratio – at which ablation of cancer is achieved while normal tissues are conserved – has been modern radiation oncology’s equivalent of the quest for the Holy Grail. Our awareness of the late effects of radiation grew during the past century as new modal...

Table of Contents:

• Radiation (and Medical) Biosurveillance
• Medical Countermeasures to Radiation Injury
• Ionizing Radiation and the Endothelium
• Inflammation and Cell Adhesion Molecules are Involved in Radiation-Induced Lung Injury
• Volume Effects in Radiation Damage to Rat Lung
• The Role of Imaging in the Study of Radiation-Induced Normal Tissue Injury
• Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Survivors of Thoracic Radiation
• Hypoxia-Mediated Chronic Normal Tissue Injury
• Prevention and Treatment of Radiation Injuries
• Second Malignancies as a Consequence of Radiation Therapy
• Using Quality of Life Information to Rationally
• Cancer-Related Fatigue as a Late Effect:
• Normal Tissue TNM Toxicity Taxonomy
• Cancer Survivorship Research:.