Basic Radiation Oncology

• Main Authors: Beyzadeoglu, Murat. (Author), Ozyigit, Gokhan. (Author), Ebruli, Cuneyt. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11666-7

Basic Radiation Oncology is an all-in-one book, encompassing the essential aspects of radiation physics, radiobiology, and clinical radiation oncology. A complete section is devoted to each of these fields. In the first two sections, concepts that are crucial in radiation physics and radiobiology ar...

Table of Contents:

• Section I: Radiation Physics
• Atom.-Radiation.-Ionizing Radiation.-Interactions of Radiation with Material.-Characteristic Features of X-rays
• Characteristic Features of Electrons.-Units of Ionizing Radiation.-Radiation Machines.-Measurement of Ionizing Radiation.-Radiation Dosimetry.-Beam Modulators.-Pearl Boxes
• SECTION II: Radiobiology
• Cell Biology and Carcinogenesis
• Cellular Effects of Radiation
• Factors affecting biological effects of ionizing radiation
• Target Theory
• Cell Survival Curves
• Tissue and Organ Response to Radiation
• Stochastic and Deterministic Effect
• Tumor Response to Radiation
• 5 R of Radiation
• Fractionation
• Radiation Protection
• Pearl Boxes
• SECTION III: Clinical Radiation Oncology
• Introduction and Terminologies
• Central Nervous System Tumors
• Head and Neck Cancers.-Lung Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Genitourinary System Tumors.-Gynecological Cancers
• Gastrointestinal System Tumors
• Soft Tissue Sarcomas
• Skin Cancers
• Lymphomas and Total Body Radiation.