Overview
- Offers an unrivalled up-to-date and comprehensive survey on the use of radiotherapy to treat non-malignant disorders
- Includes detailed background information, including the radiobiological and physical principles of treatment and the rationale underlying the use of radiotherapy for a wide variety of disorders
- Considers in depth the risks of radiotherapy, ranging from minor clinical problems to life-threatening diseases
- Presents the extensive data from clinical studies in a well-structured and informative way
- Adopts an interdisciplinary perspective, ensuring that the book will be of value not only to the radiotherapist, but also to ophthalmologists, dermatologists, neurologists and neurosurgeons, orthopedists, and general practitioners
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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General Background
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Skin and Soft Tissue Disorders
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Reviews
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"This all-inclusive book addressing benign conditions that can be treated with radiation covers first principles for the radiobiology and physics associated with treatment and its delivery and then details the conditions, treatment options, and techniques of therapy. … the book is designed for practitioners and all medical specialists, particularly radiation oncologists, orthopedists, surgeons, and ophthalmologists. … an important addition to the literature for radiation oncologists as well as for a broad range of specialists. This is an outstanding resource for residents and clinicians … ." (Ann Pittier, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2008)
"The chapter in the textbook entitled Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders that covers the treatment of nonmalignant central nervous system (CNS) disorders by using ionizing radiation is a well-written, concise, and organized accounting of the current state of the art for physicians and residents in neurosurgery, neurology, neuro-oncology, medical physics, and radiation oncology. … is an excellent reference guide for any clinical member of the treatment team for these diseases." (American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 29, November-December, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders
Editors: Michael Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Hans-Bruno Makoski, Klaus-Rüdiger Trott, Luther W. Brady
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68943-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-62550-6Published: 19 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08292-4Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68943-0Published: 15 April 2009
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 748
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Radiotherapy, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Dermatology