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Radiation Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach (ROEBA) is a reference book designed to enable radiation oncologists, including those in training, to make diagnostic and treatment decisions on the basis of the best available scientific evidence. Ease of use is ensured by a structured, reader-friendly format that offers rapid access to evidence-based recommendations. ROEBA’s orientation is entirely practical, in that the focus is solely on diagnostic/staging and treatment issues. Detailed diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines are provided for multidisciplinary cancer management as well as radiation therapy techniques. The evidence underlying each recommendation is clearly and concisely explained, and the strength of the recommendations and evidence is systemically graded. Furthermore, diagnostic and treatment algorithms are provided for commonly diagnosed cancers, including non-small-cell lung cancer, small-cell lung cancer, most gastrointestinal and genitourinary tumors, and certain head and neck cancers. This ground-breaking text on radiation oncology is an essential tool for physicians in their daily clinical practice.

Cancer --- Radiotherapy. --- Treatment. --- Cancer therapy --- Cancer treatment --- Treatment --- Therapy --- Radiology, Medical. --- Oncology  . --- Surgical oncology. --- Nursing. --- Gynecology. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Oncology. --- Surgical Oncology. --- Gynaecology --- Medicine --- Generative organs, Female --- Clinical nursing --- Nurses and nursing --- Nursing process --- Care of the sick --- Oncologic surgery --- Oncological surgery --- Surgical oncology --- Tumors --- Radiation therapy --- Electrotherapeutics --- Hospitals --- Medical electronics --- Medical radiology --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Phototherapy --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Diseases --- Excision --- Radiological services --- Radiology. --- Gynecology . --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation

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This handbook is designed to enable radiation oncologists to appropriately and confidently delineate tumor volumes/fields for conformal radiation therapy, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), in patients with commonly encountered cancers. The orientation of this handbook is entirely practical, in that the focus is on the illustration of clinical target volume (CTV) delineation for each major malignancy. Each chapter provides guidelines and concise knowledge on CTV selection for a particular disease, explains how the anatomy of lymphatic drainage shapes the selection of the target volume, and presents detailed illustrations of volumes, slice by slice, on planning CT images. While the emphasis is on target volume delineation for three-dimensional conformal therapy and IMRT, information is also provided on conventional radiation therapy field setup and planning for certain malignancies for which IMRT is not currently suitable.

Cancer -- Radiotherapy. --- Medicine. --- Neoplasms -- Radiotherapy. --- Radiotherapy -- Positioning. --- Cancer --- Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted --- Body Weights and Measures --- Diseases --- Therapeutics --- Investigative Techniques --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Anthropometry --- Therapy, Computer-Assisted --- Decision Making, Computer-Assisted --- Medical Informatics Applications --- Medical Informatics --- Information Science --- Methods --- Radiotherapy, Conformal --- Radiotherapy --- Tumor Burden --- Neoplasms --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Oncology --- Radiotherapy. --- Radiation therapy --- Radiology. --- Oncology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Electrotherapeutics --- Hospitals --- Medical electronics --- Medical radiology --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Phototherapy --- Radiological services --- Oncology  . --- Radiology, Medical. --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Tumors --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation

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The past decade has witnessed significant progress in the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer. Radiation therapy, used with curative intent, has undergone important technological advances, and combined chemotherapy and radiation has also become an established option. As a result, outcomes among patients with localized disease have improved markedly, with higher overall survival, better locoregional disease control, less treatment-induced toxicity, and better quality of life. However, most of the developments that have taken place are complex, and often not fully understood by physicians in general oncology practice without specialization in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Against this background, Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management aims to provide a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge of nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management. The first ten chapters contain essential information on subjects such as epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular biology, pathology, and the use of imaging in diagnosis and staging. Subsequent chapters examine in depth the various treatment options and explain combinations in a range of settings. Detailed attention is given to the roles of concurrent, adjuvant, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy and advanced radiotherapy techniques. Further chapters then explore surgical options, follow-up, treatment of metastatic disease, treatment-related and complications and nasopharyngeal cancer in children. This is an important book that meets an urgent need and will prove essential reading for the oncology community worldwide.

Nasopharynx --Cancer. --- Nasopharynx --- Diagnosis --- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms --- Nasopharyngeal Diseases --- Pharyngeal Neoplasms --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Pharyngeal Diseases --- Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms --- Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases --- Stomatognathic Diseases --- Head and Neck Neoplasms --- Diseases --- Neoplasms by Site --- Neoplasms --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Oncology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Cancer --- Head --- Tumors. --- Cancer. --- Medicine. --- Radiology. --- Radiotherapy. --- Oncology. --- Otorhinolaryngology. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology.

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Cancer --- Radiotherapy. --- Càncer --- Radioteràpia

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The past decade has witnessed significant progress in the diagnosis and treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer. Radiation therapy, used with curative intent, has undergone important technological advances, and combined chemotherapy and radiation has also become an established option. As a result, outcomes among patients with localized disease have improved markedly, with higher overall survival, better locoregional disease control, less treatment-induced toxicity, and better quality of life. However, most of the developments that have taken place are complex, and often not fully understood by physicians in general oncology practice without specialization in the treatment of head and neck cancer. Against this background, Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management aims to provide a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge of nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management. The first ten chapters contain essential information on subjects such as epidemiology, pathogenesis, molecular biology, pathology, and the use of imaging in diagnosis and staging. Subsequent chapters examine in depth the various treatment options and explain combinations in a range of settings. Detailed attention is given to the roles of concurrent, adjuvant, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy and advanced radiotherapy techniques. Further chapters then explore surgical options, follow-up, treatment of metastatic disease, treatment-related and complications and nasopharyngeal cancer in children. This is an important book that meets an urgent need and will prove essential reading for the oncology community worldwide.