EAN: 9783319648996

PRACTICAL GUIDES IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY GASTRO...

This book is a practical guide on how best to incorporate advanced radiation therapy techniques
into the multimodality treatment of a wide range of gastrointestinal tumors  including
esophageal cancer  gastric cancer  hepatobiliary malignancies (primary and metastatic liver
tumors  intrahepatic  perihilar  and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas  and gallbladder cancer)
pancreatic cancer  colorectal cancer  and carcinoma of the anal canal. Practical considerations
when treating patients with external beam radiation therapy  intensity-modulated radiation
therapy  particle therapy  and stereotactic body radiation therapy are clearly explained.
Detailed attention is devoted to the safety and efficacy of radiotherapy in combination with
current and emerging systemic therapies (chemotherapy  immunotherapy  and biologic agents) 
surgery  and ablative therapy  and the advantages and disadvantages of alternative treatment
approaches for different tumor types are carefully evaluated. The book will benefit radiation
oncologists  medical and surgical oncologists  medical physicists  medical dosimetrists  and
other oncology professionals.

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