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A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all those concerned with the uses of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Known as Walter and Miller , this book has become a core text for therapeutic radiography students and an introductory text for trainee radiologists and clinical physicists. It is divided into 2 parts: the first covers underlying principles of physics and the second (and longer) part deals with radiotherapy and oncology. The book underwent a major overhaul and expansion (of part 2) in the previous edition. The text includes line drawings, photographs, x-rays and a colour plate section, to make it easy to read and navigate through, and has been fully updated and revised, making sure that the reader is briefed in contemporary developments in the field. The radiobiology chapter has been totally rewritten for this sixth edition.

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Author:   C.K. Bomford ,  I.H. Kunkler
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.810kg
ISBN:  

9780443062018

ISBN 10:   0443062013
Pages:   660
Publication Date:   01 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

PART 1: RADIATION PHYSICS Some basic physics. Section 1: Physics of radiation: The atom and the production of X-rays. The nucleus and radioactivity. Radiation interactions with matter. Measurement and detection of X- and gamma rays. Radiation protection. Section 2: Imaging with Radiation: X-ray imaging. Nuclear medicine. Section 3: Physics of Radiotherapy: Kilovoltage beam generators. Megavoltage beam generators. Radiation treatment planning - immobilisation and contouring. Principles of radiation treatment planning. Practice of radiation treatment planning. Brachytherapy. Therapy with unsealed radionuclides. PART 2: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY Cancer: epidemiology, prevention, early diagnosis and education. Biological and pathological introduction. Principles of radiobiology. Effects of radiation on normal tissues. Principles of management and dosage. Skin and lip. Interstitial implantation. Mouth, secondary node of neck, tonsil, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, ear, salivary glands. Larynx, lower pharynx, postcricoid, thyroid. Oesophagus, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, lung, thymus, pancreas, liver. Breast. Cervix, body of uterus, ovary, vagina, vulva, gestational trophoblastic tumours. Kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, urethra, penis. Lymphoreticular tissues and bone marrow. Central nervous system, eye and orbit. Sarcomas. Paediatric oncology. Non-malignant disorders. Cancer chemotherapy. Hormones and oncology. Palliative and continuing care. Quality of life. Medical complications of malignant disease. Bibliography. Index.

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CONTRIBUTORS LIST<br/><br/>Robert Colman MD FRCP<br/>Professor of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, YCR Department of Clinical Oncology,Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK<br/><br/>Martin Errington MB ChB MA FRCR MRCP<br/>Consultant Radiologist, Imaging Directorate, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK<br/><br/>John R. Goepel MB ChB FRCPath<br/>Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield TeachingHospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK<br/><br/>B.W. Hancock MD FRCP FRCR DCH<br/>Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK<br/><br/>Duncan McLaren BSc MB BS MRCP FRCR<br/>Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Western General Hopsital, Edinburgh, UK<br/><br/>Trevor J. McMillan BSc PhD HonMRCP<br/>Peel Professor of Cancer Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Univesity, UK<br/><br/>David Radstone BA DipDroit Compare-Solicitor of the Supreme Court MB BS DHRT FRCR<br/>Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hopsital, Sheffield; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK<br/><br/>Martin Robinson MD FRCP FRCR<br/>Senior Lecturer Clinical Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK<br/><br/>Roger Taylor MA FRCP FRCR<br/>Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals, West Yorkshire

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