Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Colour plate section
Pt. 1 Radiation physics 1
1 Some basic physics 3
2 The atom and the production of X-rays 11
3 The nucleus and radioactivity 21
4 Radiation interactions with matter 37
5 Measurement and detection of X- and gamma rays 50
6 Radiation protection 69
7 X-ray imaging 91
8 Nuclear medicine 111
9 Kilovoltage beam generators 143
10 Megavoltage beam generators 162
11 Radiation treatment planning: immobilisation and contouring 184
12 Principles of radiation treatment planning 191
13 Practice of radiation treatment planning 207
14 Brachytherapy 225
15 Therapy with unsealed radionuclides 245
Pt. 2 Radiotherapy and oncology 253
16 Cancer, epidemiology, prevention, early diagnosis and education 255
17 Biological and pathological introduction 274
18 Principles of radiobiology 286
19 Effects of radiation on normal tissues 296
20 Principles of management and dosage 307
21 Skin and lip 324
22 Interstitial implantation 336
23 Mouth, secondary nodes of neck, tonsil, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, ear, salivary glands 345
24 Larynx, lower, pharynx, postcricoid, thyroid 378
25 Oesophagus, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, lung, thymus, pancreas, liver 400
26 Breast 432
27 Cervix, body of uterus, ovary, vagina, vulva, gestational trophoblastic tumours 465
28 Kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, urethra, penis 487
29 Lymphoreticular tissues and bone marrow 508
30 Central nervous system, eye and orbit 537
31 Sarcomas 564
32 Paediatric oncology 583
33 Non-malignant disorders 597
34 Cancer chemotherapy 605
35 Hormones and oncology 625
36 Palliative and continuing care 633
37 Quality of life 641
38 Medical complications of malignant disease 648
Bibliography 652
Index 657
A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation
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