Clinical Radiation Oncology: Indications, Techniques, and Results, 3rd Edit

Content: Dedication ix Preface xi Contributors xiii Section 1 Scientific Foundations 1Section Editor:William Small Jr. 1 Basic Concepts of Clinical Radiation Oncology 3Hannah Yoon, Karan Shah,William Small Jr,Minesh P.Mehta and John P. Hayes 2 Radiation Biology for Radiation Oncologists 15Timothy A. Chan, Boris Hristov and Simon N. Powell 3 Treatment Planning 62George T.Y. Chen and Jong H. Kung 4 Image-Guided Radiation Therapy 83Monique Youl, Kristy K. Brock and Laura A. Dawson 5 A Guide to Understanding Statistics in Radiation Oncology 99Kathryn Winter 6 Use of Protons for Radiation Therapy 115Mark Pankuch, Nasiruddin Mohammed, Draik Hecksel, Steve Laub, Sean Boyer and William F. Hartsell 7 Principles of Palliative Radiation Therapy 141Randy L. Wei, Bo A. Wan, Edward Chowand Stephen Lutz 8 Patient Safety and Quality: Management for the Radiation Oncologist 158Fiori Alite and Abhishek A. Solanki Section 2 Cancers of the Head and Neck 175Section Editor: Min Yao 9 Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity 177Keith Unger, Felix Ho, James Melotek and Nancy Lee 10 Oropharyngeal Cancer 202Charles Woods, Mitchell Machtay and Min Yao 11 Larynx and Hypopharynx 227Changhu Chen 12 Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx 248Keith Unger, Felix Ho, James Melotek and Nancy Lee 13 Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinuses and Nasal Cavity 269Farzan Siddiqui, Nicholas Galanopoulos and Min Yao 14 Salivary Gland Carcinomas 288Allen M. Chen 15 Cervical Nodes with Unknown Primary Carcinomas 300Min Yao, Pierre Lavertu and Mitchell Machtay 16 Temporal Bone Tumors 313Allen M. Chen 17 Thyroid Cancer 318Roi Dagan and Robert J. Amdur 18 Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Sequelae and Late Complications and the Role of IMRT 335Xiaoshen Wang and Avraham Eisbruch Section 3 Cancer of the Intrathorax 349Section Editor: Minesh P. Mehta 19 Lung Cancer 351Deepak Khuntia, Pranshu Mohindra and Minesh P. Mehta 20 Carcinoma of the Esophagus 385Grace J. Kim and Mohan Suntharalingam Section 4 Gastrointestinal Malignancies 397Section Editor: Christopher G.Willett 21 Gastric Cancer 399Joanna Y. Chin and Theodore S. Hong 22 Pancreatic Cancer 409Manisha Palta, Christopher G.Willett and Brian G. Czito 23 Colon Cancer 429Jennifer Y. Wo 24 Rectal Cancer 438Jennifer Y. Wo 25 Anal Cancer 466Brian G. Czito, Manisha Palta and Christopher G. Willett Section 5 Genitourinary Malignancies 481Section Editor: Jason A. Efstathiou 26 Bladder Cancer 483Phillip J. Gray,William U. Shipley and Jason A. Efstathiou 27 Prostate Cancer 497Abhishek A. Solanki, Rebecca I. Hartman, Phillip J. Gray, Brent S. Rose, Jonathan J. Paly, Kent W. Mouw and Jason A. Efstathiou 28 Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract 531Anthony L. Zietman, Jonathan J. Paly and Jason A. Efstathiou 29 Testicular Cancer 539Jonathan J. Paly and Jason A. Efstathiou 30 Penile Cancer 549Kent W. Mouw, Anthony L. Zietman and Jason A. Efstathiou Section 6  Gynecological Malignancies 557Section Editor:William Small Jr. 31 Endometrium 559Ann Klopp and Patricia Eifel 32 Vulva 576Kanokpis Townamchai, Caitlin Newhouse and Akila N. Viswanathan 33 Ovary 597Charles A. Kunos 34 Vagina 618Charles A. Kunos 35 Cervix 631Charles A. Kunos Section 7 Miscellaneous Sites 673Section Editor:William Small, Jr 36 Cancer of the Skin 675Justin Lee, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao and Phillip Devlin 37 Cancer of the Breast 694Jonathan B. Strauss, Monica Morrow and William Small Jr 38 Soft-Tissue Sarcomas 739Jonathan B. Ashman and Kaled M. Alektiar 39 Tumors of the Central Nervous System 757Phillip J. Gray, Jay S. Loeffler and Helen A. Shih 40 The Lymphomas 775Caitlin Costello, Loren K. Mell and Parag Sanghvi 41 Pediatric Tumors 805Shannon M. MacDonald, Torunn I. Yock, Nancy J. Tarbell and Tamara Z. Vern-Gross Index 845