Radiotherapy in Managing Brain Metastases: A Case-Based Approach

✍ Scribed by Yoshiya Yamada, Eric Chang, John B. Fiveash, Jonathan Knisely

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 375
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a radiotherapy perspective on the management of brain metastases with case-based discussion. This management has been rapidly evolving in the face of changing technology, progressing systemic therapy, and paradigm changes that all impact practice. These changes can be difficult, and this text gives a practical approach to help practitioners and trainees understand these changes and incorporate them into their practices.
The work has two main sections: Clinical and Technical. The clinical section has chapters that address all aspects of radiation therapy for brain metastases, including integrating advances in surgery and drug treatments. The technical section focuses on the “how to” aspects of treatment, including treatment planning and delivery.
This is an ideal guide for practicing radiation oncologists and trainees.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Introduction (Eric Chang, John B. Fiveash, Jonathan Knisely, Yoshiya Yamada)....Pages 1-4
Front Matter ....Pages 5-5
Brain Metastases: Introduction (Mihir Naik, Joycelin F. Canavan, Samuel T. Chao)....Pages 7-19
Radiobiology of Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Anuradha Thiagarajan, Yoshiya Yamada)....Pages 21-30
Supportive Medical Management of Brain Metastases Patients Including Treatment Complications (Peter C. Pan, Laura E. Donovan, Rajiv S. Magge)....Pages 31-51
Neuroimaging of Brain Metastases (Mira A. Patel, Eric Lis, Yoshiya Yamada)....Pages 53-64
The Evolution of Combination Therapies Involving Surgery and Radiosurgery (David Peters, Roshan Prabhu, Stuart Burri, Anthony Asher)....Pages 65-83
Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Metastasis (Ahmet F. Atik, Krishna C. Joshi, Alireza Mohammad Mohammadi, Gene H. Barnett)....Pages 85-94
Integrating Systemic Therapy into the Management of Brain Metastases (John B. Fiveash, Anatoly Nikolaev, Robert M. Conry)....Pages 95-108
Indications for Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Multiple Brain Metastases (Anurag Saraf, Tony J. C. Wang)....Pages 109-125
Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Intact and Resected Brain Metastases (Erqi L. Pollom, Siyu Shi, Scott G. Soltys)....Pages 127-141
Target Delineation for Radiosurgery (Including Postoperative Cavity Radiosurgery) in Brain Metastases (Balamurugan A. Vellayappan, Mei Chin Lim, Clement Yong, Kejia Teo, Shawn Malone, Simon Lo)....Pages 143-164
Indications for Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy (Michael Huo, Fabio Ynoe de Moraes, Matthew Foote, Mark B. Pinkham, Gustavo N. Marta, John H. Suh)....Pages 165-184
Particle Therapy for the Treatment of Brain Metastases (Jeremy Brownstein, Hooney D. Min, Marc Bussiere, Helen A. Shih)....Pages 185-196
Special Topics in Brain Metastases Management (James Byrne, Kevin S. Oh, Nancy Wang)....Pages 197-215
Salvage/Reirradiation/Retreatment (David Roberge)....Pages 217-227
Front Matter ....Pages 229-229
General Techniques for Radiosurgery (Mark Ruschin, Arjun Sahgal, Lijun Ma, Lei Wang, Ermias Gete, Alan Nichol)....Pages 231-247
Single-Isocenter, Multiple Metastasis Treatment Planning (Evan M. Thomas, Richard A. Popple, Elizabeth Covington, John B. Fiveash)....Pages 249-280
Dose Tolerances in Brain Metastasis Management (Giuseppe Minniti, Claudia Scaringi, Barbara Tolu)....Pages 281-295
Evaluation of the Quality of a Radiosurgery Plan (Evan M. Thomas, Richard A. Popple, John B. Fiveash)....Pages 297-309
Image Guidance for Frameless Radiosurgery Including Surface Mapping (Guang Li, Yoshiya Yamada, Åse Ballangrud)....Pages 311-322
Safety Procedures and Checklists for Radiosurgery (Richard A. Popple)....Pages 323-334
Quality Assurance for Small Fields (Richard A. Popple)....Pages 335-345
Techniques of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Including Hippocampal Avoidance (Sean S. Mahase, Diana A. R. Julie, Jonathan Knisely)....Pages 347-367
Back Matter ....Pages 369-376

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Radiotherapy; Oncology