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Advances in radiation oncology in lung cancer

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(2nd ed.) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2011.

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Other Authors: Jeremic, Branislav

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2011

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642199257

Subjects (MeSH): Lung Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Subjects (LCSH): Radiotherapy; Pneumology; Oncology

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Location: Online

ALERT – adverse late effects of cancer treatment. Volume 1, General concepts and specific precepts

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Philip Rubin, Louis S. Constine, Lawrence B. Marks, editors. --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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The literature on the late effects of cancer treatment is widely scattered in different journals since all major organ systems are affected and management is based on a variety of medical and surgical treatments. The aim of ALERT Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment is to offer a coherent multidisciplinary approach to the care of cancer survivors. The central paradigm is that cytotoxic multimodal therapy results in a perpetual cascade of events that affects each major organ system different…

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Other Authors: Rubin, Philip; Constine, Louis S; Marks, Lawrence B

Responsibility: Philip Rubin, Louis S. Constine, Lawrence B. Marks, editors

Alternate Title: Adverse late effects of cancer treatment

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 311 pages)

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783540723141 (electronic bk.); 9783540723134

Subjects (MeSH): Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Radiotherapy - adverse effects; Radiation Injuries

Subjects (LCSH): Cancer - Treatment - Complications; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Radiotherapy - adverse effects

Abstract: The literature on the late effects of cancer treatment is widely scattered in different journals since all major organ systems are affected and management is based on a variety of medical and surgical treatments. The aim of ALERT Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment is to offer a coherent multidisciplinary approach to the care of cancer survivors. The central paradigm is that cytotoxic multimodal therapy results in a perpetual cascade of events that affects each major organ system differently and is expressed continually over time. Essentially, radiation and chemotherapy are intense biologic modifiers that allow for cancer cure and cancer survivorship but accelerate senescence of normal tissues and increase the incidence of age-related diseases and second malignant tumors. Volume 1 of this two-volume work focuses on the general concepts and principles relevant to late effects and on the dynamic interplay of molecular, cytologic and histopathologic events that lead to altered physiologic and metabolic functions and their clinical manifestations. Chapters are also included on legal issues, economic aspects, nursing, psychological issues and quality of life.

Contents: Prologue: Surviving Cancer: SEER Statistics -- Biocontinuum of the Pathophysiology Paradigm -- Biophysiopathology of the Microvasculature and Microcirculation -- Molecular Mechanisms of Radiation Induced Injury -- Biodetection and Biointervention: Cytokine Pathways as a Rationale for Anti-Cytokine Interventions Post-Radiation -- Quantitative/Objective Analyses of RT-Induced Late Normal Tissue Injury Using Functional Imaging -- Biograding of Normal Tissue TNM Toxicity Taxonomy: Scoring the Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatment -- Understanding and Predicting Radiation-Associated Normal Tissue Injury: A Global and Historical Perspective -- Biotoxicity of Chemotherapy -- BioSurveillance and Longitudinal Lifelong Guidelines -- BioPediatric Complexities of Growth and Development -- BioGenetic and Host Implications -- Bioengineering of Irradiated Normal Tissues by Bone Marrow Stem Cells -- Radiotherapy-Induced Carcinogenesis and Leukemogenesis: Mechanisms and Quantitative Modeling -- The Bioepidemiology of MultiplePrimary Cancers -- Radiation-Related Second Primary Cancers: Clinical Perspectives -- The Psychosocial and Functional Impact of Radiation Therapy -- Nursing -- Economic Consequences of Late Effects -- Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: Relevance to the Radiation Oncology and Biology Communities.

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ALERT – adverse late effects of cancer treatment. Volume 2, Normal tissue specific sites and systems

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Philip Rubin, Louis S. Constine, Lawrence B. Marks, editors. --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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The literature on the late effects of cancer treatment is widely scattered in different journals since all major organ systems are affected and management is based on a variety of medical and surgical treatments. The aim of ALERT Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment is to offer a coherent multidisciplinary approach to the care of cancer survivors. The central paradigm is that cytotoxic multimodal therapy results in a perpetual cascade of events that affects each major organ system different…

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Other Authors: Rubin, Philip; Constine, Louis S; Marks, Lawrence B

Responsibility: Philip Rubin, Louis S. Constine, Lawrence B. Marks, editors

Alternate Title: Adverse late effects of cancer treatment

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 700 pages)

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783540758631 (electronic bk.); 9783540758624

Subjects (MeSH): Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; Radiotherapy - adverse effects; Radiation Injuries

Subjects (LCSH): Cancer - Treatment - Complications; Neoplasms - therapy - complications

Abstract: The literature on the late effects of cancer treatment is widely scattered in different journals since all major organ systems are affected and management is based on a variety of medical and surgical treatments. The aim of ALERT Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment is to offer a coherent multidisciplinary approach to the care of cancer survivors. The central paradigm is that cytotoxic multimodal therapy results in a perpetual cascade of events that affects each major organ system differently and is expressed continually over time. Essentially, radiation and chemotherapy are intense biologic modifiers that allow for cancer cure and cancer survivorship but accelerate senescence of normal tissues and increase the incidence of age-related diseases and second malignant tumors. Volume 2 of this two-volume work comprehensively documents potential late effects in all the normal tissue anatomic sites in the human body. The detection, diagnosis, management and prevention of effects are all considered in detail, and prognostic outcomes are discussed. Radiation risk factors and interactions with chemotherapy effects are clearly presented. The text is accompanied by numerous supportive illustrations and tables.

Contents: Brain and Cranial Nerves -- Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System -- Neuroendocrine Complications of Radiation and Cancer Therapy -- Eye and Orbit -- Radiation-Induced Ototoxicity -- Late Oral Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatments -- Upper Respiratory and Digestive System: Pharynx, Larynx, and Xerostomia -- Thyroid -- Skin Surface, Dermis, and Wound Healing -- Breast Cancer -- Lung -- Heart, Coronary Arteries, Aorta and Great Vessels, Arteries and Veins, Microcirculation -- Esophagus -- Stomach, Small and Large Intestines -- Liver -- Adverse Late Effects of Radiation Treatment in the Pancreas -- Kidney and Ureter -- Urinary Bladder -- Prostate, Seminal Vesicle, Penis, and Urethra -- The Testes -- Ovary, Uterus (Fallopian Tube, Cervix), Vagina, and Vulva -- Radiation Induced Rectal Toxicity -- Musculoskeletal System: Growing Endochondral Bone, Mature Osseous, Muscle (Striated), and Soft Tissue Mesenchyme -- Hematopoietic System -- Late Effects of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Including Total Body Irradiation -- Lymph Nodes, Thymus, Spleen, and Lymphatics.

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Alternate Fractionation in Radiotherapy : Paradigm Change

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Mark Trombetta, Jean-Philippe Pignol, Paolo Montemaggi, Luther W. Brady, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2018.

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This book, written by leading international experts, describes alternate fractionation strategies in which technology-driven precise targeting and dosing allow for improved conformance and decreased volumes, with concordant lessening of toxicity, reduction in treatment time, and lower overall health care expense. The aim is to provide the advanced clinician with an up-to-date evidence-based reference that will assist in the delivery of enhanced patient care in daily practice. Traditional multi-…

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Other Authors: Trombetta, Mark; Pignol, Jean-Philippe; Montemaggi, Paolo; Brady, Luther W.

Responsibility: Mark Trombetta, Jean-Philippe Pignol, Paolo Montemaggi, Luther W. Brady, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 413 p.) : 100 illus.

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783319511986; 9783319511979 (print ed.); 9783319511993 (print ed.); 9783030095963 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Dose Fractionation, Radiation; Neoplasms - radiotherapy

Specialty: Pharmacy; Radiotherapy

Abstract: This book, written by leading international experts, describes alternate fractionation strategies in which technology-driven precise targeting and dosing allow for improved conformance and decreased volumes, with concordant lessening of toxicity, reduction in treatment time, and lower overall health care expense. The aim is to provide the advanced clinician with an up-to-date evidence-based reference that will assist in the delivery of enhanced patient care in daily practice. Traditional multi-week fractionation schedules were established at a time when the inclusion of relatively large amounts of normal tissue was unavoidable owing to the lack of accurate target localization during treatment. Such schedules are time and resource consuming, difficult for patients, and expensive. Nevertheless, acceptance of alternate fractionation strategies has been slow in some countries. The paradigm is, however, changing as evidence accumulates to demonstrate improved local control, equivalence of tolerance, or both. In documenting these alternate strategies, this book will be of value for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and oncologists worldwide.

Contents: Introduction -- The Radiobiological Aspects of Altered Fractionation -- Technological Advance Enabling Alternate Fractionation -- Workflow and Quality Assurance in Altered Fractionation -- The Future of Altered Fractionation -- Brachytherapy: The Original Altered Fractionation -- Part I. Disease Site Specific Topics -- Altered Fractionation in Radiotherapy of CNS Tumors -- Head and Neck Cancer -- Whole-Breast Hypofractionated Radiotherapy -- Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation -- Lung Cancer -- Alternate Fractionation for Hepatic Tumors -- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy with Functional Treatment Planning in Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Gastrointestinal Cancer: Pancreas -- Hypofractionation in Patients with Rectal Cancer -- Hypofractionated Radiotherapy in Genitourinary Cancer: Better with Less -- Fractionation Regimens for Gynecologic Malignancies -- Skin: The Case for Altered Fractionation in the Treatment of Both Malignant and Benign Conditions -- Radiotherapy for Primary and Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Altered Fraction Regimens with External Beam and Brachytherapy -- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy -- Altered Fraction Radiotherapy in Palliation -- Erratum to: The Radiobiological Aspects of Altered Fractionation.

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Biliary tract and gallbladder cancer : a multidisciplinary approach

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Joseph M. Herman, Timothy M. Pawlik, Charles R. Thomas, Jr., editors. (Second edition) --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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The second edition of this book is intended as a definitive text on biliary tract and gallbladder cancers. Specifically, it will serve as a single-source reference on the current knowledge base for the multidisciplinary management of such cancers and thus covers epidemiological, surgical, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy approaches. Akey feature is the demonstration of the impact of cutting-edge technical knowledge on treatment; for example, interventional radiology techniques, novel surgical app…

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Other Authors: Herman, Joseph M; Pawlik, Timothy M; Thomas, Charles R

Responsibility: Joseph M. Herman, Timothy M. Pawlik, Charles R. Thomas, Jr., editors

Edition: Second edition

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 342 pages)

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642405587 (electronic bk.); 9783642405570

Subjects (MeSH): Biliary Tract Neoplasms - diagnosis; Biliary Tract Neoplasms - therapy

Subjects (LCSH): Biliary tract - Cancer

Abstract: The second edition of this book is intended as a definitive text on biliary tract and gallbladder cancers. Specifically, it will serve as a single-source reference on the current knowledge base for the multidisciplinary management of such cancers and thus covers epidemiological, surgical, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy approaches. Akey feature is the demonstration of the impact of cutting-edge technical knowledge on treatment; for example, interventional radiology techniques, novel surgical approaches, and image-guided radiation therapy are all extensively discussed. Diagnosis is also considered in detail, with coverage of novel serum biomarkers, pathologic staging, molecular profiling, and the full range of current and emerging imaging strategies. Further chapters are devoted to epidemiology, the role of growth factor pathways and signal transduction, and histopathology and molecular pathogenesis. Experienced practitioners in a range of specialties will find this amply illustrated book to be an invaluable source of information on the newest diagnostic and treatment techniques in biliary tract and gallbladder cancer, yet it is also sufficiently concise to offer an introduction to the field for students and community practitioners.

Contents: Epidemiology of Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Carcinoma -- Role of Growth Factor Signaling Pathways in Biliary Tract Cancer -- Pathology of Gallbladder Cancer -- Histopathology and Molecular Pathogenesis of Cholangiocarcinoma -- Novel Biomarkers for Cholangiocarcinoma -- Pathologic Staging -- Molecular Profiling -- Overview of Current Strategies for Diagnostic Imaging of Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Tumors -- Imaging of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma for Liver Transplantation -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Including MR Cholangiopancreatography) -- Functional Imaging -- Computed Tomography -- Interventional Radiology Management of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma -- Overview of Emerging Strategies in the Surgical Management of Biliary Tract Tumors -- Surgical Management of Intra-Hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma -- Surgical Techniques for Extrahepatic Biliary Tract Cancers -- Surgical Management of Gallbladder Cancer -- Systemic Therapy: Current Strategies and New Directions -- External Beam Radiation Therapy: 3D-Conformal, Intensity-Modulated, and Proton Beam -- Brachytherapy in Hepatobiliary Malignancies -- Emerging Techniques in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy -- Symptomatic Management and Palliation -- Future Directions.

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Brachytherapy : An International Perspective

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Paolo Montemaggi, Mark Trombetta, Luther W. Brady, editors. --Cham: Springer , c2016.

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This volume is the first truly international text to take the practitioner from the history, the physical basis, and the rationale of brachytherapy through to the techniques, the results, and the management of complications. It is also the first truly comprehensive and complete textbook of brachytherapy. The chapters on the physics of brachytherapy and the technical planning of internal and surface radiotherapy are designed to enhance the practitioner's knowledge base and capabilities in this d…

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Other Authors: Montemaggi, Paolo; Trombetta, Mark; Brady, Luther W

Responsibility: Paolo Montemaggi, Mark Trombetta, Luther W. Brady, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2016

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 408 p. : 138 illus., 18 illus. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783319267913; 9783319267890 (print ed.)

ISSN: 0942-5373

Subjects (MeSH): Brachytherapy

Abstract: This volume is the first truly international text to take the practitioner from the history, the physical basis, and the rationale of brachytherapy through to the techniques, the results, and the management of complications. It is also the first truly comprehensive and complete textbook of brachytherapy. The chapters on the physics of brachytherapy and the technical planning of internal and surface radiotherapy are designed to enhance the practitioner's knowledge base and capabilities in this demanding specialty field. Disease site-specific chapters cover a wide range of applications, including ocular tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, cancers of the head and neck, skin, breast, lung, esophagus, and prostate, and gynecologic and anorectal malignancies. Each chapter incorporates the American and European guidelines and the text has been written from both perspectives by many of the most noted global experts in the field. A concluding chapter is devoted to brachytherapy quality assurance.

Contents: Introduction -- Brachytherapy: A Journey of Hope in the Battle Against Cancer -- The Physics of Brachytherapy -- Physics: Low-Energy Brachytherapy Physics -- Balloon Brachytherapy Physics -- Part I. Disease Site Specific Topics -- Ocular Brachytherapy -- Head and Neck Brachytherapy: A Description of Methods and a Summary of Results -- Breast Brachytherapy: Interstitial Breast Brachytherapy -- Breast Brachytherapy: Intracavitary Breast Brachytherapy -- Breast Brachytherapy: Permanent Breast Seed Implants – How and Why? -- Breast Brachytherapy: Brachytherapy in the Management of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence -- Thoracic Brachytherapy -- Image-Guided High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Liver Cancer -- Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Endometrial Cancer -- Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Cervical Cancer -- Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Vaginal Cancer -- Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Image Guidance in Gynecologic Brachytherapy -- Prostate: Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy -- Prostate: High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Clinically Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer -- Lower Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Rectum -- Lower Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anus -- Brachytherapy of the Skin: Cancers and Other Diseases -- Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brachytherapy.

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Brain Tumor Imaging

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Elke Hattingen, Ulrich Pilatus, editors. (1st ed.) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2016.

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This book describes the basics, the challenges and the limitations of state of the art brain tumor imaging and examines in detail its impact on diagnosis and treatment monitoring. It is intended for radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, oncologists and other scientists in the biomedical field with an interest in neuro-oncology. The book opens with an introduction to the clinically relevant physical principles of brain imaging. Since MR methodology plays a crucial role in brain imaging, the…

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Other Authors: Hattingen, Elke; Pilatus, Ulrich

Responsibility: Elke Hattingen, Ulrich Pilatus, editors

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2016

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 161 p. : 110 illus., 43 illus. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642450402; 9783642450396 (print ed.)

ISSN: 0942-5373

Subjects (MeSH): Brain neoplasms - diagnosis; Neuroimaging

Abstract: This book describes the basics, the challenges and the limitations of state of the art brain tumor imaging and examines in detail its impact on diagnosis and treatment monitoring. It is intended for radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, oncologists and other scientists in the biomedical field with an interest in neuro-oncology. The book opens with an introduction to the clinically relevant physical principles of brain imaging. Since MR methodology plays a crucial role in brain imaging, the fundamental aspects of MR spectroscopy, MR perfusion and diffusion-weighted MR methods are described, focusing on the specific demands of brain tumor imaging. The potential and limits of conventional MR imaging and new imaging methodology are carefully addressed. In the main part of the book, the most important imaging criteria for the differential diagnosis of solid and necrotic brain tumors are delineated and illustrated in examples. Specific issues relevant to all MR modalities used for this purpose are thoroughly discussed. A closing section is devoted to the use of MR methods for the monitoring of brain tumor therapy.

Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Technologies & Methods -- DWI, PWI, MR Spectroscopy -- Part II: Limits of conventional MR imaging -- Part III: Differential diagnosis of solid intracerebral brain tumors -- Part IV: Differential diagnosis of necrotic brain tumors -- Part V: Monitoring brain tumor therapy -- Subject Index.

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Breast Cancer Biology for the Radiation Oncologist

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Jonathan Strauss, William Small, Gayle E. Woloschak, editors. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2015.

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Breast Cancer Biology for the Radiation Oncologist is the first textbook of its kind devoted to describing the biological complexities of breast cancer in a way that is relevant to the radiation oncologist. Radiation Oncology has long treated breast cancer as a single biological entity, with all treatment decisions being based on clinical and pathologic risk factors. We are now beginning to understand that biological subtypes of breast cancer may have different risks of recurrence as well as di…

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Other Authors: Strauss, Jonathan; Small, William; Woloschak, Gayle E

Responsibility: Jonathan Strauss, William Small, Gayle E. Woloschak, editors

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 90 p. : 15 illus., 5 illus. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642312205; 9783642312199 (print ed.)

ISSN: 0942-5373

Subjects (MeSH): Breast neoplasms - genetics; Breast Neoplasms - physiopathology; Breast neoplasms - radiotherapy

Abstract: Breast Cancer Biology for the Radiation Oncologist is the first textbook of its kind devoted to describing the biological complexities of breast cancer in a way that is relevant to the radiation oncologist. Radiation Oncology has long treated breast cancer as a single biological entity, with all treatment decisions being based on clinical and pathologic risk factors. We are now beginning to understand that biological subtypes of breast cancer may have different risks of recurrence as well as different intrinsic sensitivity to radiotherapy. Multi-gene arrays that have for years been used to predict the risk of distant recurrence and the value of systemic chemotherapy may also have utility in predicting the risk of local recurrence. Additionally, the targeted agents used to treat breast cancer may interact with radiotherapy in ways that can be beneficial or undesirable. All of these emerging issues of central importance to radiation oncologists are extensively discussed in this book, and practical treatment recommendations based on available clinical evidence are presented whenever possible.

Contents: Biological subtypes of breast cancer -- Oncogene amplification and Herceptin -- Current clinical use of genetic profiling -- Biology of DCIS and progression to invasive disease -- Cancer Stem Cells and Radiotherapy -- Genetic basis of normal tissue radiosensitivity and late toxicity -- Genetic syndromes and radiotherapy in breast cancer -- Experimental therapies in breast cancer.

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Location: Online

Clinical Cardiac MRI

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Jan Bogaert .. [et al.], editors. (2nd ed.) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2012.

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Clinical Cardiac MRI is a comprehensive textbook intended for everyone involved in magnetic resonance imaging of the heart. It is designed both as a useful guide for newcomers to the field and as an aid for those who routinely perform such studies. The first edition, published in 2004-5, was very well received within the cardiac imaging community, and has generally been considered the reference because of its completeness, its clarity, and the number and quality of the illustrations. Moreover, …

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Other Authors: Bogaert, Jan

Responsibility: Jan Bogaert .. [et al.], editors

Edition: 2nd ed.

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2012

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 709 p. : 535 ill., 165 ill. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642230356

Subjects (MeSH): Cardiac Imaging Techniques; Heart Diseases - diagnosis; Vascular Diseases - diagnosis

Subjects (LCSH): Radiology, Medical; Cardiology

Abstract: Clinical Cardiac MRI is a comprehensive textbook intended for everyone involved in magnetic resonance imaging of the heart. It is designed both as a useful guide for newcomers to the field and as an aid for those who routinely perform such studies. The first edition, published in 2004-5, was very well received within the cardiac imaging community, and has generally been considered the reference because of its completeness, its clarity, and the number and quality of the illustrations. Moreover, the addition of online material showing 50 real-life cases significantly enhanced the value of the book. In this second edition, the four editors, all experts in the field, have taken great care to maintain a homogeneous high quality throughout the book while incorporating the newest insights and developments in this rapidly evolving domain of medical imaging. Essential theoretical background information is included, and imaging acquisition and potential pitfalls are examined in detail. Most importantly, structured guidelines are provided on the interpretation of clinical data in the wide range of cardiac pathology that can be encountered. Finally, the selection of 100 real-life cases, added as online material, will further enhance the value of this textbook.

Contents: Cardiac MR Physics -- MR Contrast Agents for Cardiac Imaging -- Practical Setup -- Cardiac Anatomy -- Cardiovascular MR Imaging Planes and Segmentation -- Cardiac Function -- Myocardial Perfusion -- Ischemic Heart Disease -- Nonischemic Myocardial Disease -- Pulmonary Hypertension -- Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation -- Pericardial Disease -- Cardiac Masses -- Valvular Heart Disease -- Coronary Artery Disease -- Congenital Heart Disease -- Great Vessels -- MR-Guided Cardiac Catheterization -- Cardiac Modelling -- Future Perspectives -- General Conclusion.

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Location: Online

Clinical Functional MRI : Presurgical Functional Neuroimaging

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Christoph Stippich, editor. (Second edition) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2015.

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The second, revised edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date description of the use of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies. State of the art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of practical aspects, imaging and data processing, normal and pathological findings, and diagnostic possibilities and limitations. Relevant information on brain physiology, functional neuroanatomy, imaging techniqu…

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Other Authors: Stippich, Christoph

Responsibility: Christoph Stippich, editor

Edition: Second edition

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 351 p. : 159 illus., 131 illus. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783662451236; 9783662451229 (print ed.)

ISSN: 0942-5373

Subjects (MeSH): Brain Diseases - diagnosis; Brain mapping - methods; Functional Neuroimaging - methods

Abstract: The second, revised edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date description of the use of preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in patients with brain tumors and epilepsies. State of the art fMRI procedures are presented, with detailed consideration of practical aspects, imaging and data processing, normal and pathological findings, and diagnostic possibilities and limitations. Relevant information on brain physiology, functional neuroanatomy, imaging technique, and methodology is provided by recognized experts in these fields. Compared with the first edition, chapters have been updated to reflect the latest developments and in particular the current use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and resting-state fMRI. Entirely new chapters are included on resting-state presurgical fMRI and the role of DTI and tractography in brain tumor surgery. Further chapters address multimodality functional neuroimaging, brain plasticity, and pitfalls, tips, and tricks. The book is designed to be of value to beginners, trained clinicians, and experts alike.

Contents: Presurgical Functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging -- Revealing Brain Activity and White Matter Structure Using Functional and Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Functional Neuroanatomy -- Task-Based Presurgical Functional MRI in Patients with Brain Tumors -- Presurgical Resting-State fMRI -- Simultaneous EEG-fMRI in Epilepsy -- Diffusion Imaging with MR Tractography for Brain Tumor Surgery -- Functional Neuronavigation -- Presurgical Functional Localization Possibilities, Limitations, and Validity -- Multimodality in Functional Neuroimaging -- Brain Plasticity in fMRI and DTI -- Clinical BOLD fMRI and DTI: Artifacts, Tips, and Tricks.

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Location: Online

Comparative Interpretation of CT and Standard Radiography of the Chest

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edited by Emmanuel E. Coche, Benoit Ghaye, Johan Mey, Philippe Duyck. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2011.

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Author: Coche, Emmanuel E

Other Authors: Ghaye, Benoit; Mey, Johan; Duyck, Philippe

Responsibility: edited by Emmanuel E. Coche, Benoit Ghaye, Johan Mey, Philippe Duyck

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2011

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783540799429

Subjects (MeSH): Radiography, Thoracic; Respiratory Tract Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Subjects (LCSH): Radiology, Medical

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Computed Tomography of the Lung : A Pattern Approach

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Johny A. Verschakelen, Walter De Wever. (Second edition) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2018.

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Computed Tomography of the Lung: A Pattern Approach aims to enable the reader to recognize and understand the CT signs of lung diseases and diseases with pulmonary involvement as a sound basis for diagnosis. After an introductory chapter, basic anatomy and its relevance to the interpretation of CT appearances is discussed. Advice is then provided on how to approach a CT scan of the lungs, and the different distribution and appearance patterns of disease are described. Subsequent chapters focus …

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Author: Verschakelen, Johny A.

Other Authors: De Wever, Walter

Responsibility: Johny A. Verschakelen, Walter De Wever

Edition: Second edition

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2018

Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 226 p.) : 50 illus., 25 illus. in color

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642395185; 9783642395178 (print ed.); 9783642395192 (print ed.); 9783662568637 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Lung - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Specialty: Diagnostic Imaging; Pulmonary Medicine

Abstract: Computed Tomography of the Lung: A Pattern Approach aims to enable the reader to recognize and understand the CT signs of lung diseases and diseases with pulmonary involvement as a sound basis for diagnosis. After an introductory chapter, basic anatomy and its relevance to the interpretation of CT appearances is discussed. Advice is then provided on how to approach a CT scan of the lungs, and the different distribution and appearance patterns of disease are described. Subsequent chapters focus on the nature of these patterns, identify which diseases give rise to them, and explain how to differentiate between the diseases. The concluding chapter presents a large number of typical and less typical cases that will help the reader to practice application of the knowledge gained from the earlier chapters. Since the first edition, the book has been adapted and updated, with the inclusion of many new figures and case studies. It will be an invaluable asset both for radiologists and pulmonologists in training and for more experienced specialists wishing to update their knowledge.

Contents: Introduction -- Basic Anatomy and CT of the Normal Lung -- How to Approach a CT of the Lung -- Increased Lung Attenuation -- Decreased Lung Attenuation -- Nodular Pattern -- Linear Pattern -- Case Study.

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Publication Type: Case Reports

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Contrast media : safety issues and ESUR guidelines

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Henrik S. Thomsen, Judith A. W. Webb, editors. (Third edition) --Heidelberg: Springer , c2014.

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In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Subsequently the committee questioned ESUR members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed these proposals with participants at the annual symposia of the society. The end result of this work was the successful first edition of this book, published in 2006, which was followed by an equally successful second edition in 2009. Thi…

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Other Authors: Thomsen, Henrik S; Webb, Judith A. W

Responsibility: Henrik S. Thomsen, Judith A. W. Webb, editors

Edition: Third edition

Place of Publication: Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642367243 (electronic bk.); 9783642367236

Subjects (MeSH): Contrast Media - adverse effects; Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; Safety Management - standards - Europe

Subjects (LCSH): Radiographic contrast media - Safety measures; Radiographic contrast media - Toxicology; Genitourinary organs - Imaging - Safety measures - Standards - Europe

Notes: Previous edition: 2009

Abstract: In 1994 the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR) set up a committee to consider the safety of contrast media used for diagnostic imaging. Subsequently the committee questioned ESUR members, reviewed the literature, proposed guidelines, and discussed these proposals with participants at the annual symposia of the society. The end result of this work was the successful first edition of this book, published in 2006, which was followed by an equally successful second edition in 2009. This third edition not only fully updates the previous edition, but also includes new chapters on complex topics such as use of contrast media in children and practical aspects of off-label contrast media use. The authorship includes members, past members, and non-members of the Contrast Media Safety Committee. Comprehensive consideration is given to the many different safety issues relating to iodine-based contrast media, gadolinium-based contrast media, microbubbles for ultrasound, and barium sulfate. The text includes chapters on both acute and delayed non-renal adverse reactions and on renal adverse reactions. All of the questions frequently raised in radiological practice are addressed. This book, presented in a handy, easy-to-use format, provides an invaluable, unique, and unparalleled source of information.

Contents: General Issues: Classification and Terminology -- Requests for Imaging using contrast agents: What information must be provided -- Off-label use of medicines: legal aspects -- Off-label use of contrast media: practical aspects -- Pharmacovigilance: When to report adverse reactions to contrast media -- What is required to get the authorities to approve a new contrast medium? -- A critical review of meta-analysis of adverse events after contrast media -- Iodine- and Gadolinium-Based Contrast Media: General Adverse Reactions: Acute adverse reactions to contrast media: Mechanisms and prevention -- Iodine-based contrast medium temperature and adverse reactions -- Management of acute adverse reactions to contrast media -- Renal Adverse reactions:Chronic kidney disease, serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) -- Contrast medium-induced nephropathy -- Dialysis and contrast media -- Other adverse effects: Pregnancy and lactation: intravascular use of contrast media -- Pheochromocytoma and contrast media -- Contrast media and interactions with other drugs and clinical tests -- Contrast media extravasation injury -- Iodine-based contrast media: Late adverse reactions to iodine-based contrast media -- Effects of iodine-based contrast media on blood and endothelium -- Effects of iodine-based contrast media on thyroid function -- Pulmonary effects of iodine-based contrast media -- MR contrast media: Gadolinium chelates and stability -- Diagnostic efficacy of gadolinium-based contrast media -- Radiography with gadolinium-based contrast media -- Acute adverse reactions to gadolinium-based contrast media -- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium- based contrast media -- Organ specific gadolinium-based contrast media -- Ultrasonographic Contrast media -- Barium Preparations: Barium preparations: safety issues -- Pediatric use of Contrast Media: Contrast media use in pediatrics: Safety issues -- Appendix: ESUR Guidelines on Contrast Media Version 8.1 -- Official publications from the Contrast Media Safety Committee of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.

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CT Colonography Atlas : For the Practicing Radiologist

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Emanuele Neri, Lorenzo Faggioni, Carlo Bartolozzi, editors. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2013.

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This easy-to-use atlas comprises a collection of representative common and unusual virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography, CTC) cases that physicians and radiologists may expect to encounter during their clinical practice. The atlas reflects the important recent advances in image acquisition, patient preparation, and image processing and is thus completely up-to-date. Each case is presented with the native CT images, integrated images obtained by 3D image processing, and colonoscopic correlation.…

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Other Authors: Neri, Emanuele; Faggioni, Lorenzo; Bartolozzi, Carlo

Responsibility: Emanuele Neri, Lorenzo Faggioni, Carlo Bartolozzi, editors

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2013

Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 184 p. : 130 illus., 100 illus. in color)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642111495; 9783642111488 (print ed.)

ISSN: 0942-5373

Subjects (MeSH): Colonic Diseases - diagnosis; Colonic Polyps - diagnostic imaging; Colonography, Computed Tomographic - methods; Colonoscopy - methods; Radiography

Abstract: This easy-to-use atlas comprises a collection of representative common and unusual virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography, CTC) cases that physicians and radiologists may expect to encounter during their clinical practice. The atlas reflects the important recent advances in image acquisition, patient preparation, and image processing and is thus completely up-to-date. Each case is presented with the native CT images, integrated images obtained by 3D image processing, and colonoscopic correlation. Topics covered include normal appearances, anatomical variants, pitfalls, diverticula, lipomas, inflammatory bowel disease, polyps, flat lesions, cancers, and the postsurgical colon. By presenting the main features of anatomy and pathology, this atlas will serve as an invaluable tool both for radiologists performing CTC and for clinicians who need to review the CTC examinations of their patients.

Contents: Normal Colon -- Anatomical Variants: Positional Anomalies of Colon -- Pitfalls in Imaging -- Diverticular Disease -- Lipomatous Lesions of the Colon -- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Polyps: Pedunculated -- Sessile Polyps -- Flat Lesions -- Colon Cancer -- Rectal Cancer -- The Ileocecal Valve -- Operated large Bowel.

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Publication Type: Atlas

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CT imaging of myocardial perfusion and viability : beyond structure and function

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U. Joseph Schoepf, Fabian Bamberg, Gorka Bastarrika, Balazs Ruzsics, Rozemarjin Viegenthart, editors. --Berlin: Springer , c2014.

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Other Authors: Schoepf, U. Joseph

Responsibility: U. Joseph Schoepf, Fabian Bamberg, Gorka Bastarrika, Balazs Ruzsics, Rozemarjin Viegenthart, editors

Place of Publication: Berlin

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642338793 (electronic bk.); 9783642338786

Subjects (MeSH): Coronary Angiography - methods; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Myocardial Perfusion Imaging - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Radiography

Subjects (LCSH): Heart - Tomography

Contents: Part I. Structure -- Coronary CT Angiography: State of the Art -- Part II. Function -- CT Assessment of Global and Regional Cardiac Function: State of the Art -- Part III. Perfusion -- Why Are We Interested in Myocardial Perfusion? -- CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Technical Options -- CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Single-Source, Single-Energy CT -- CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Ultra-Low Radiation Dose CT Techniques -- CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Dual-Source Dual-Energy CT -- CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Supply-Fast kV-Switching Dual-Energy CT -- Dynamic, Time-Resolved CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion: Dual-Source CT -- Dynamic, Time-Resolved Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion Using 256-Slice Computed Tomography -- Dynamic, Time-Resolved CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion: 320-Slice CT -- CT Assessment of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Quantitative Imaging -- Part IV. Viability -- Why Are We Interested in Viability? -- CT Approaches for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability -- CT Imaging of Myocardial Viability: Experimental and Clinical Evidence -- CT Assessment of Myocardial Viability: Quantitive Imaging -- Part V. Clinical Implementation -- CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Clinical Implementation -- CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability: Future Perspectives.

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CT of the Acute Abdomen

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edited by Patrice Taourel. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2011.

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Author: Taourel, Patrice

Responsibility: edited by Patrice Taourel

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2011

Series: Medical radiology. Diagnostic imaging

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783540892328

Subjects (MeSH): Abdomen, Acute - diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Digestive System Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Subjects (LCSH): Diagnostic Imaging; Gastroenterology

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Decision Making in Radiation Oncology

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edited by Jiade J. Lu, Luther W. Brady. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2011.

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Author: Lu, Jiade J

Other Authors: Brady, Luther W

Responsibility: edited by Jiade J. Lu, Luther W. Brady

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2011

Series: Medical radiology. Radiation oncology

Series Title: Medical radiology (Series)

ISBN: 9783642138324

Subjects (MeSH): Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Radiation Oncology - methods

Subjects (LCSH): Radiotherapy; Oncology

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Decision Making in Radiation Oncology. Vol. 2

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