Overview
- Offers comprehensive coverage of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided therapies
- Reviews the potential role of radiotherapy in enhancing immunotherapy
- Discusses systems and mathematical biology approaches to radiotherapy
- Explores the use of image-guided radiotherapy in treating systemic and oligometastatic disease
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR)
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This book concisely reviews important advances in radiation oncology, providing practicing radiation oncologists with a fundamental understanding of each topic and an appreciation of its significance for the future of radiation oncology. It explores in detail the impact of newer imaging modalities, such as multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and other novel agents, which deliver improved visualization of the physiologic and phenotypic features of a given cancer, helping oncologists to provide more targeted radiotherapy and assess the response. Due consideration is also given to how advanced technologies for radiation therapy delivery have created new treatment options for patients with localized and metastatic disease, highlighting the increasingly important role of image-guided radiotherapy in treating systemic and oligometastatic disease. Further topics include the potential value of radiotherapy in enhancing immunotherapy thanks to the broader immune-stimulatory effects, how cancer stem cells and the tumor microenvironment influence response, and the application of mathematical and systems biology methods to radiotherapy.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Radiation Oncology
Editors: Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, Timothy E. Schultheiss, Eric H. Radany
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53235-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53233-2Published: 03 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85098-6Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53235-6Published: 20 April 2017
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 271
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Radiology