Research Catalog

Title

Proton and charged particle radiotherapy / editors, Thomas F. DeLaney, Hanne M. Kooy.

Publication

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• De Laney, Thomas F.
• Kooy, Hanne M.

Description

x, 274 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subjects

• Proton beams > Therapeutic use
• Proton Therapy
• Radiotherapy, High energy
• Cancer > Radiotherapy
• Radiotherapy, High-Energy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. History of Charged Particle Radiotherapy / Herman D. Suit and William Chu -- 2. Radiobiology of Charged Particles / Leo Cerweck and Harald Paganetti -- 3. Facility Design / Edward T. M. Tsoi and Jay Flanz -- 4. Particle Accelerators / Jay Flanz -- 5. Treatment Delivery Systems -- 5.A. Passive Beam Scattering / Bernard Gottschalk -- 5.B. Pencil Beam Scanning / Eros Pedroni -- 6. Quality Assurance for Proton Therapy / Richard L. Maughan and Jonathan B. Farr -- 7. Patient Positioning and Set-up Verification for Planning and Treatment / Martijn Engelsman, Alejandro Mazal and David A. Jaffray -- 8. Treatment Planning -- 8.A. Principles of Systems and Optimization / Hanne M. Kooy, Alexei Trofimov, Martijn Engelsman and Alfred R. Smith -- 8.B. Passive Scattering / Hanne M. Kooy and Judy A. Adams -- 8.C. Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy / Antony John Lomax -- 9. Clinical Issues in Proton Radiotherapy / Thomas F. DeLaney -- 10. Overview of Experience with Heavier Charged Particle Radiotherapy / Hirohiko Tsujii, Tadashi Kamada and Juergen Debus -- 11. Pediatric Tumors / Torunn Yock, Thomas F. DeLaney, Brittany Esty and Nancy I. Tarbell -- 12. Central Nervous System / Helen A. Shih, Paul H. Chapman, Marc R. Bussiere, Clark C. Chen and Jay S. Loeffler -- 13. Eye / Evangelos S. Gragoudas, John E. Munzenrider, Anne Marie Lane and J. Michael Collier -- 14. Skull Base and Cervical Spine / Eugen B. Hug and John E. Munzenrider -- 15. Bone and Soft Tissue / Thomas F. DeLaney and David G. Kirsch -- 16. Head and Neck -- 16.A. Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity / Pascal Pommier, Marco Krengli, Allan F. Thornton, Jun-Etsu Mizoe, Daniela Schulz-Ertner and Jean-Jacques Mazeron -- 16.B. Nasopharynx / Samir Patel, Judy A. Adams, Paul M. Busse and Annie W. Chan -- 16.C. Oropharynx, Oral Cavity, Salivary Glands / Jerry D. Slater and Ryan S. Grover -- 17. Prostate / Anthony L. Zietman, William U. Shipley and Hiroshi Tsuji -- 18. Lung / David A. Bush -- 19. Gastrointestinal Malignancies / Koichi Tokuuye, Hirotoshi Kato, Shigeru Yamada, Tadashi Kamada, Yasuyuki Akine and Hirohiko Tsujii -- 20. Gynecologic Carcinoma / Takashi Nakano, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Shingo Kato, Tatsuya Ohno and Thomas F. DeLaney -- 21. Breast / Shannon M. MacDonald and Alphonse G. Taghian -- 22. Potential Role of Proton Therapy in the Management of Lymphoma A1 Nancy Price Mendenhall / Daniel Yeung.

ISBN

• 9780781765527
• 0781765528

LCCN

2007026943

OCLC

• ocn152793990
• 152793990
• SCSB-5369832

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries