LEADER 03237nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910827660003321 005 20230802012642.0 010 $a0-19-176868-5 010 $a1-283-57733-X 010 $a9786613889782 010 $a0-19-164964-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000089267 035 $a(EBL)998976 035 $a(OCoLC)806306306 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470124 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10701637 035 $a(PQKB)10796525 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128731 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC998976 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000089267 100 $a20120903d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRadiotherapy in practice $eimaging /$fedited by Peter Hoskin 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (526 p.) 225 1 $aRadiotherapy in Practice 225 0$aRadiotherapy in practice 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-969656-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic physics; 3 Treatment delivery, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and image-guided radiotherapy; 4 Breast; 5 Radiotherapy for thoracic tumours; 6 Upper gastrointestinal tract; 7 Lower gastrointestinal tract; 7a: Rectal cancer; 7b: Squamous carcinoma of the anus; 8 Urology; 8a: External beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer; 8b: Bladder cancer; 8c: Testis; 8d: Penis; 9 Gynaecology; 9a: Uterus; 9b: Vulva and vagina; 10 Lymphomas; 11 Central nervous system tumours; 12 Head and neck cancer; 13 Skin cancer 327 $a14 Sarcomas of soft tissue and bone15 Principles of paediatric radiation oncology; 16 Radiotherapy planning for metastatic disease; 17 Quality assurance in radiotherapy; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X 330 $aExternal beam therapy is the most common form of radiotherapy, delivering ionizing radiation such as high-energy x-rays, gamma rays or electron beams directly into the location of the patient's tumour. External Beam Therapy, Second Edition is an essential, practical guide to the use of external beam radiotherapy, highlighting the rapid technological advances made in recent years. It provides a firm background to the physics of external beam radiotherapy, taking the readerthrough the basic principles and discussing issues such as quality assurance.Experts within each field then expand upon tech 410 0$aRadiotherapy in Practice 606 $aCancer$xRadiotherapy 606 $aCancer$xDiagnosis 606 $aTumors$vClassification 615 0$aCancer$xRadiotherapy. 615 0$aCancer$xDiagnosis. 615 0$aTumors 676 $a616.99 676 $a616.9940642 701 $aHoskin$b Peter J$0324626 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827660003321 996 $aRadiotherapy in practice$94035928 997 $aUNINA