Short Course Breast Radiotherapy A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation /

This comprehensive handbook on the implementation of short course radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer is intended as an up-to-date resource for the clinician. The book opens with a series of chapters on underlying principles and diverse relevant topics, including pathologic anatomy of ea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Arthur, Douglas W. (Editor ), Vicini, Frank A. (Editor ), Wazer, David E. (Editor ), Khan, Atif J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Temas:
Radiology.
Oncology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PART I: Accelerated Breast Irradiation: History, Rationale, and Controversies
  • Pathologic Anatomy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Defining the Target
  • The Radiobiology of Accelerated Breast Irradiation
  • Quality Assurance and Radiation Safety/Medical Events
  • Surgical Considerations in Partial Breast Irradiation
  • Impact of Oncoplastic Surgery on adjuvant XRT
  • Comparison of true cost between modalities in a changing health care system
  • PART II: Hypofractionated WBI: Patient Selection
  • Physics of HWBI
  • Treatment History
  • PART III: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Patient Selection
  • Physics of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
  • Interstitial brachytherapy
  • Intracavitary brachytherapy
  • 3D-Conformal external beam radiotherapy
  • PART IV: Intra-operative Radiation Therapy: Patient Selection
  • Physics of IORT
  • 50 kV Photons: Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy (TARGIT)
  • Intraoperative Technique with Electrons
  • PART V: Emerging treatment approaches: Extreme hypofractionation (brachytherapy, Gammapod, UK FAST WBI)
  • APBI for breast augmentations
  • Accuboost
  • APBI for in-breast recurrence following WBI
  • Preoperative partial breast
  • Locoregional Hypofractionation
  • PART VI: Hypofractionation for metastatic disease: Stereotactic treatment for Oligometastatic disease
  • Hypofractionaton for palliation.

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