Research Catalog

Title

Intraoperative irradiation : techniques and results / edited by Leonard L. Gunderson [and others].

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gunderson, Leonard L.

Description

xvii, 550 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Current clinical oncology ; 1

Uniform Title

Current clinical oncology ; v. 1.

Subjects

• Neoplasms > radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy Dosage
• Cancer > Intraoperative radiotherapy
• Electrons > therapeutic use
• Intraoperative Care > methods
• Brachytherapy > methods

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. General Rationale and Historical Perspective. 1. General Rationale and Historical Perspective of Intraoperative Irradiation / Leonard L. Gunderson, Felipe A. Calvo and Christopher G. Willett [et al.]. 2. Biology of Large Dose per Fraction Radiation Therapy / Paul Okunieff, Srinath Sundararaman and Yuhchyaw Chen -- Pt. II. Methods and Techniques of Treatment. 3. Physical Aspects of Intraoperative Electron-Beam Irradiation / Edwin C. McCullough and Peter J. Biggs. 4. IOERT Treatment Factors: Technique, Equipment / Christopher G. Willett, Leonard L. Gunderson and Paul M. Busse [et al.]. 5. Physics of Intraoperative High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy / Lowell L. Anderson, Patrick J. Harrington and Jean St. Germain. 6. High-Dose-Rate Intraoperative Irradiation (HDR-IORT): Technical Factors / Louis B. Harrison, Alfred M. Cohen and Warren E. Enker.
• 7. Intraoperative Irradiation with Electron-Beam or High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy: Methodological Comparisons / Subir Nag, Leonard L. Gunderson and Christopher G. Willett [et al.] -- Pt. III. Normal Tissue Tolerance - IORT. 8. Normal Tissue Tolerance to Intraoperative Irradiation: The National Cancer Institute Experimental Studies / William F. Sindelar, Peter A. S. Johnstone and Harald J. Hoekstra [et al.]. 9. Studies at Colorado State University of Normal Tissue Tolerance of Beagles to IOERT, EBRT, or a Combination / Edward L. Gillette, Sharon M. Gillette and Barbara E. Powers. 10. Peripheral Nerve Tolerance: Experimental and Clinical / Edward Gillette, Barbara E. Powers and Sharon M. Gillette [et al.] -- Pt. IV. Results of IORT With or Without EBRT by Disease Site. 11. Gastric IORT With or Without EBRT / Rafael Martinez-Monge, Jean P. Gerard and H. J. Kramling [et al.]. 12. IORT in Pancreatic Carcinoma / Paula M. Termuhlen, Douglas B. Evans and Christopher G. Willett.
• 13. Biliary Tract IORT: Bile Duct and Gallbladder / Takeshi Todoroki, Leonard L. Gunderson and David Nagorney. 14. Primary Colorectal EBRT and IOERT / Christopher G. Willett, Paul C. Shellito and Leonard L. Gunderson. 15. Recurrent Colorectal: EBRT With or Without IOERT or HDR-IORT / Leonard L. Gunderson, Christopher G. Willett and Michael G. Haddock [et al.]. 16. HDR-IORT for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Experience / Louis B. Harrison, Bruce D. Minsky and Carol White [et al.]. 17. Radiation Ablation of Liver Metastases: HDR-IORT With or Without EBRT / Catherine L. Salem and Anatoly Dritschilo. 18. Electron or Orthovoltage IORT for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas / Holger L. Gieschen, Christopher G. Willett and John Donohue [et al.]. 19. HDR-IORT for Retroperitoneal Sarcomas / Louis B. Harrison, Lowell Anderson and Carol White [et al.]. 20. Extremity and Trunk Soft Tissue Sarcomas: EBRT With or Without IORT / Ivy A. Petersen, Felipe A. Calvo and Leonard L. Gunderson [et al.].
• 21. IORT for Bone Sarcomas / Felipe A. Calvo, Luis Sierrasesumaga and Norman Willich [et al.]. 22. Locally Advanced Primary and Recurrent Gynecologic Malignancies: EBRT With or Without IOERT or HDR-IORT / Michael G. Haddock, Rafael Martinez-Monge and Ivy A. Petersen [et al.]. 23. Genitourinary IORT / Felipe A. Calvo, Horst Zincke and Leonard L. Gunderson [et al.]. 24. Lung Cancer: EBRT With or Without IORT / Javier Aristu, Felipe A. Calvo and Rafael Martinez [et al.]. 25. Pediatric Malignancies: IORT Alone or With EBRT / Paula J. Schomberg, Thomas E. Merchant and Gerald Haase [et al.]. 26. IORT for Head and Neck Cancer / Robert L. Foote, Peter Garrett and William Rate [et al.]. 27. IORT for CNS Tumors / D. Ortiz de Urbina, N. Willich and R. R. Dobelbower [et al.]. 28. IORT for Breast Cancer / Joyce A. Battle, Jean-Bernard DuBois and Hollis W. Merrick [et al.] -- Pt. V. Conclusions and Future Possibilities.
• 29. Conclusions and Future Possibilities - IORT / Leonard L. Gunderson, Christopher G. Willett and Felipe A. Calvo [et al.].

ISBN

0896035239 (alk. paper)

LCCN

98050919

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries