Radiobiology self-assessment guide

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Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: Interaction of Radiation With Matter
Chapter 2: Cell Survival Curves and Cell Death
Chapter 3: DNA, Chromosome and Chromatid Damage, Repair, and Measurement
Chapter 4: Radiosensitivity and the Dose-Rate Effect
Chapter 5: Radiation Damage Repair and Models for Normal Tissues
Chapter 6: Hypoxia, Oxygen, Reoxygenation, and Angiogenesis
Chapter 7: Linear Energy Transfer and Relative Biological Effectiveness
Chapter 8: Assays for Cell, Tissue, and Solid Tumors
Chapter 9: Molecular Techniques, Assay Systems, and Signaling in Radiobiology
Chapter 10: Biology of Cancer
Chapter 11: Model Tumor Systems and Predictive Assays
Chapter 12: Cell Kinetics
Chapter 13: Factors Influencing Tumor Control and Complications
Chapter 14: Impact of Time, Dose, and Fractionation in Radiation Oncology
Chapter 15: Effects of Total Body Irradiation
Chapter 16: Radiation Sensitizers, Radioprotectors, and Bioreductive Drugs
Chapter 17: Radiation Carcinogenesis
Chapter 18: Effects of Radiation on Hereditary Damage, Mutations, and Chromosome Aberrations
Chapter 19: Effects of Radiation on the Embryo and Fetus
Chapter 20: Doses and Risks in Nonradiation Oncology Subspecialties
Chapter 21: Radiation Protection
Chapter 22: Alternative Radiation Therapy Modalities
Chapter 23: Brachytherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Chapter 24: Gene Therapy
Chapter 25: Chemotherapy and Targeted Agents
Chapter 26: Hyperthermia
Chapter 27: Stem Cells
Chapter 28: Immunotherapy
Chapter 29: Radiogenomics
Index