This book addresses key issues of controversy in radiation oncology for each disease site, with expert commentaries from leading authorities in the field. It identifies areas of confusion arising from discrepant data in the literature regarding certain clinical scenarios for different diseases and presents high-level evidence on each issue with a view to fostering best practice. Controversies in Radiation Oncology will serve as a very useful resource for busy radiation oncology physicians, practitioners, and trainees/residents/fellows seeking to utilize evidence in the literature to guide the management of radiation therapy patients.
Breast cancer.- Head and neck cancer.- Non-small cell lung cancer.- Small cell lung cancer and other intrathoracic malignancies.- Sarcoma.- Prostate cancer.- Non-prostate genitourinary cancer.- Gynecologic cancer.- Esophageal and stomach cancers.- Colorectal cancer.- Hepatobiliary tract cancer.- Pancreatic cancer.- Hodgkin lymphoma.- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.- Plasma cell tumors, myeloma and leukemia.- Brain metastasis.- Bone metastasis.- Visceral metastasis.- Gliomas.- Benign extraaxial primary brain tumors.- Pediatric central nervous system tumors.- Non-central nervous system pediatric cancers.- Skin cancer.
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