Re-irradiation: New Frontiers

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nieder, Carsten (Editor), Langendijk, Johannes A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

New developments such as refined combined modality approaches and significant technical advances in radiation treatment planning and delivery are facilitating the re-irradiation of previously exposed volumes. As a consequence, both palliative and curative approaches can be pursued at various disease...

Table of Contents:

• Normal Tissue Tolerance to Re-irradiation
• A Role for Hyper- and Ultrafractionation?- Hyperthermia and Re-Irradiation
• Increased Therapeutic Ratio with Sensitizers, Cytotoxic Drugs, Targeted Agents?
• Reduced Normal Tissue Doses through Advanced Technology: IMRT, IGRT…
• Brain Tumors
• Eye Tumors
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Rectal Cancer
• Gynecologic Cancer
• Sarcoma
• Bone Metastases
• Brain Metastases
• Subject Index.