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Author Eifel, Patricia.

Title Gynecologic Radiation Oncology.

Imprint Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (621 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note Print version record.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I â#x80;Ø PRINCIPLES OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY -- 1 Pathology, Molecular Biology, and Etiology of Gynecologic Cancers -- Correlates between Morphology and Biologic Behavior -- Molecular Biology of Gynecologic Cancers -- Role of HPV in Gynecologic Cancers -- Hereditary Cancer Syndromes -- 2 Interpretation of Clinical Research Results as They Apply to Daily Practice -- Ambiguities Caused by Inconsistent Nomenclature -- Evaluating the Nature and Validity of Trial End Points
Observational StudiesThe Benefits and Limitations of Randomized Trials -- Meta-analysis -- Big Data: Outcomes Analysis -- 3 Principles of Multidisciplinary Management -- The Multidisciplinary Team -- Choosing and Sequencing Locoregional Treatments -- Efficacy and Sequencing of Combined Chemotherapy and RT -- Part II â#x80;Ø PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING AND DELIVERY -- 4 Preparation for Radiation Treatment Planning -- Information Gatheringâ#x80;#x94;The Initial Patient Evaluation -- Development of an Overall Radiation Treatment Strategy
Patient Set-Up and Simulation for External Beam Radiation Therapy5 Applied Anatomy and Target Volume Definition -- Target Volume Definition -- Regional Lymph Nodes -- Reproductive Organs -- Target Volume Definition: Final Review -- 6 External Beam Radiation Treatment Planning -- The Treatment Planning Directive -- Accounting for Uncertaintiesâ#x80;#x94;Designation of the PTV -- Normal Tissue Constraints for External Beam Planning -- External Beam Radiation Technique -- Treatment Plan Evaluation, Documentation, and Quality Assurance -- 7 Monitoring During Treatment
Social Circumstances, Nutrition, and Coexisting Medical Conditions100Monitoring Progress toward Completion of the Treatment Plan -- Evaluation and Management of Acute Treatment-Related Adverse Effects -- Monitoring the Accuracy of Daily Treatment -- 8 Brachytherapy -- Essential Elements of a Brachytherapy Treatment Plan114 -- Gynecologic Brachytherapy Applicators -- Applicator Placement -- Brachytherapy Treatment Planning -- 9 Posttreatment Monitoring -- The Survivorship Care Plan -- Monitoring for Cancer Recurrence
Monitoring and Management of Late Adverse Effects of TreatmentRisk of and Surveillance for Second Malignancies -- Part III â#x80;Ø SITE-SPECIFIC INDICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES -- 10 Cervical Cancer -- Pretreatment Evaluation and Staging -- Risk Assessment -- Multidisciplinary Treatment -- RT for Intact Cervical Cancer161 -- Treatment of Recurrent Disease -- Case Studies -- 11 Vaginal Cancer -- Pretreatment Evaluation and Staging -- Risk Assessment -- Multidisciplinary Considerations -- Developing a Radiation Treatment Strategy
Note ""Management Considerations According to Tumor Location""
Subject Generative organs, Female -- Cancer.
Organes génitaux femelles -- Cancer.
Generative organs, Female -- Cancer
Added Author Klopp, Ann H.
Other Form: Print version: Eifel, Patricia. Gynecologic Radiation Oncology: A Practical Guide. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, ©2016 9781451192650
ISBN 1496362454
9781496362452 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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