Shattered Grace

✍ Scribed by Brook Wilder

• Publisher: Scholae Palatina, Inc
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 93 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

This is a highly practical resource about the specific technical aspects of delivering radiation treatment. Pocket-sized and well organized for ease of use, the book is designed to lead radiation oncology trainees and residents step by step through the basics of radiotherapy planning and delivery for all major malignancies. This second edition retains the valued features of the first edition-comprehensive yet concise, practical, evidence-based-while incorporating recent advances in the field. This includes expanded and updated discussions of SBRT for prostate and GI tumors, intraoperative ther.;Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: General Physics Principles -- General Principles -- Target Volumes -- Treatment Planning -- Plan Evaluation -- Selected Technical Facts -- Selected Brachytherapy Facts -- Reference -- Chapter 2: Tools for Simulation and Treatment -- Techniques in Positioning and Immobilization -- Thermoplastic Mesh -- Cradle-Type Devices -- Modular Systems -- Stereotactic Systems -- Breath Control Systems -- Techniques in Simulation -- Techniques in Localization at the Time of Treatment Delivery -- Gaiting -- Portal Imaging -- Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) -- Chapter 3: Central Nervous System Radiotherapy -- General Principles -- Localization, Immobilization, and Simulation -- Target Volumes and Organs of Interest Definition -- Treatment Planning -- Critical Structures -- Single-Fraction SRS -- Glioma-High Grade -- Indications and Options for Treatment -- Localization, Immobilization, Simulation for Fractionated Radiotherapy (RT)/Fractionated Stereotactic RT (FSRT) -- Volumes, Dose, and Fractionation -- Special Considerations -- Glioma-Low Grade -- Indications and Options for Treatment -- Localization, Immobilization, Simulation for Fractionated RT/FSRT -- Volumes, Dose, and Fractionation -- Special Considerations -- Brainstem Glioma -- Indications for Treatment -- Localization, Immobilization, Simulation for Fractionated RT/FSRT -- Volumes, Dose, and Fractionation -- Meningioma -- Indications for Treatment -- Localization, Immobilization, Simulation for Fractionated RT/FSRT -- Volumes, Dose, and Fractionation -- Special Considerations -- Pituitary Adenoma -- Indications for Treatment -- Localization, Immobilization, Simulation for Fractionated RT/FSRT -- Volumes, Dose, and Fractionation -- Vestibular Schwannoma.