Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy

✍ Scribed by Timothy D. Malouff, Daniel M. Trifiletti

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 562
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy

Although radiation has been used therapeutically for over 100 years, the field of radiation oncology is currently in the midst of a renaissance, particularly with regards to the therapeutic use of particles. Over the past several years, access to particle therapy, whether it be proton therapy or other heavy ion therapy, has increased dramatically. Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy is a clinically oriented resource that can be referenced by both experienced clinicians and those who are just beginning their venture into particle therapy.

Written by a team with significant experience in the field, topics covered include:

• Background information related to particle therapy, including the clinically relevant physics, radiobiological, and practical aspects of developing a particle therapy program
• “Niche” treatments, such as FLASH, BNCT, and GRID therapy
• The simulation process, target volume delineation, and unique treatment planning considerations for each disease site
• Less commonly used ions, such as fast neutrons or helium

Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy is a go-to reference work for any health professional involved in the rapidly evolving field of particle therapy.

✦ Table of Contents

Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
Foreword
Abbreviations
Section I: Background
1 A Brief History of Particle Radiotherapy
2 The Physics of Particle Therapy
3 The Radiobiology of Particle Therapy
4 Practical Aspects of Particle Therapy Accelerators
5 Treatment Planning for Scanning Beam Proton Therapy
6 Image-Guided Particle Therapy and Motion Management
7 Advanced Particle Therapy Delivery: A Review of Advanced Techniques for Particle
Therapy Delivery
8 FLASH Radiotherapy
9 Boron Neutron Capture Therapy
10 Grid Therapy
11 Particle Therapy and the Immune System
12 The Economics of Particle Therapy
Section II: Particle Therapy by Clinical Indication
13 Intracranial Tumors: Principles and Practice of Particle Therapy
14 Ocular Malignancies
15 Brain, Skull Base, and Spinal Tumors
16 Head and Neck Cancers
17 Thoracic Malignancies: Proton Beam and Carbon-ion Therapy for Thoracic
Cancers and Recurrent Disease
18 Gastrointestinal Tumors
19 Hepatobiliary Cancers
20 Breast Cancer
21 Prostate Cancer
22 Non-prostate Genitourinary Cancers
23 Gynecologic Cancers
24 Lymphoma and Leukemia
25 Sarcomas and Soft Tissue Malignancies
26 Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
27 Particle Therapy for Non-CNS Pediatric Malignancies
Index
EULA