Overview
- Describes alternate fractionation strategies using an evidence-based approach
- Enhances patient care through precise dosing and targeting
- Delivers reductions in regimen toxicity, treatment time, and cost
- Written by leading international experts
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)
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About this book
This book, written by leading international experts, describes alternate fractionation strategies in which technology-driven precise targeting and dosing allow for improved conformance and decreased volumes, with concordant lessening of toxicity, reduction in treatment time, and lower overall health care expense. The aim is to provide the advanced clinician with an up-to-date evidence-based reference that will assist in the delivery of enhanced patient care in daily practice.
Traditional multi-week fractionation schedules were established at a time when the inclusion of relatively large amounts of normal tissue was unavoidable owing to the lack of accurate target localization during treatment. Such schedules are time and resource consuming, difficult for patients, and expensive. Nevertheless, acceptance of alternate fractionation strategies has been slow in some countries. The paradigm is, however, changing as evidence accumulates to demonstrate improved local control, equivalence of tolerance, or both. In documenting these alternate strategies, this book will be of value for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and oncologists worldwide.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternate Fractionation in Radiotherapy
Book Subtitle: Paradigm Change
Editors: Mark Trombetta, Jean-Philippe Pignol, Paolo Montemaggi, Luther W. Brady
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51198-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51197-9Published: 09 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09596-3Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51198-6Published: 25 September 2018
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 413
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Radiotherapy, Oncology