Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide : A Question & Answer Review.
Title:
Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide : A Question & Answer Review.
Author:
Suh, John.
ISBN:
9781617050985
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (573 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Head and Neck Cancers -- General Questions -- Oropharyngeal Cancer -- Oral Cavity -- Paranasal Sinus -- Nasopharynx -- Larynx/Hypopharynx -- Postoperative Radiotherapy -- Salivary Gland Tumors -- Melanoma -- Merkel Cell Carcinoma -- Unknown Primary -- Non-Melanomatous Skin Cancer -- Thyroid Cancer -- Chapter 2: Central Nervous System -- Brain Metastases -- Glioblastoma -- Low-Grade Gliomas -- Craniopharyngioma -- Anaplastic Gliomas -- Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation -- Spine Metastases -- Primary CNS Lymphoma -- Meningiomas -- Trigeminal Neuralgia -- Vestibular Schwannomas -- Arteriovenous Malformations -- Pituitary Tumors -- Optic Gliomas -- Oligodendrogliomas -- CNS Radiation Toxicities/Therapies for Toxicities -- Spinal Cord Tumors -- Chapter 3: Breast Cancer -- Epidemiology and Cancer Risk -- Imaging -- Anatomy -- Genetics -- General Treatment Concepts -- DCIS/LCIS -- Early Stage Breast Cancer -- Locally Advanced Breast Cancer -- Chapter 4: Thoracic Cancers -- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-Early Stage -- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer-Locally Advanced -- Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Thymoma -- Cardiac Tumors -- Mesothelioma -- Chapter 5: Gastrointestinal Cancers -- Esophageal Cancer -- Gastric Cancer -- Biliary Tract Malignancy -- Pancreatic Cancer -- Rectal Cancer -- Anal Cancer -- Chapter 6: Genitourinary Cancers -- Prostate Cancer-General -- Prostate Cancer-Low Risk -- Prostate Cancer-Brachytherapy -- Prostate Cancer-High Risk -- Prostate Cancer-Adjuvant and Salvage Radiation -- Node-Positive Prostate Cancer -- Urethral Cancer -- Penile Cancer -- Renal Cell Carcinoma -- Bladder Cancer -- Testicular Cancer -- Chapter 7: Gynecologic Cancers -- Cervical Cancer -- Uterine Cancer -- Uterine Sarcoma -- Vulvar Cancer -- Vaginal Cancer -- Brachytherapy.
Gynecologic Oncology-General -- Side Effects -- Chapter 8: Lymphomas -- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Multiple Myeloma -- Chapter 9: Pediatric Cancers -- Retinoblastoma -- Wilms -- Neuroblastoma -- Pediatric Leukemia -- Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Pediatric Gliomas -- Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis -- Liver Tumors in Children -- Ewing Sarcoma -- Rhabdomyosarcoma -- Germ Cell Tumors (Non-CNS) -- Medulloblastoma -- Brainstem Glioma -- Ependymoma -- Osteosarcoma -- Craniopharyngioma -- Index.
Abstract:
Organized by site, this book covers in detail all the sites and cancer types currently treated with radiotherapy. Detailed questions, organized in a "flash-card" format are included on the natural history, epidemiology, diagnosis, staging, treatment options and treatment-related side effects for each cancer type. Written in joint collaboration by residents and staff radiation oncologists at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, the book contains more than 900 questions addressing the full gamut of the science and art of radiation oncology today. Radiation Oncology Self- Assessment Guide will feature:.: Comprehensive coverage of radiation oncology; "Flash card" format facilitates recall of key data, treatment assessment and patient management, and important original studies; all covered in the question sets; Authors are from the Cleveland Clinic ;:. 1. Head and Neck Cancers, 2. Central Nervous System, 3. Breast Cancers, 4. Lung Cancer, 5. Gastrointestinal Cancers, 6. Genitourinary Cancers, 7. Gynecologic Cancers, 8. Lymphomas, 9. Pediatric Cancers.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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