Description:

A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all health care team members involved in the use of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Best known as Walter and Miller, over the years this book has become the core text for therapeutic radiography students and an important introductory text for trainee radiologists and clinical physicists. It is divided into 2 parts: the first covers underlying principles of physics and the second part deals with radiotherapy and oncology.


Audience:
 
Radiotherapy students - radiographers, technicians or trainee radiologists.
Introduction for medical students and medical physicists.


Table of contents:

PART 1: RADIATION PHYSICS
Some basic physics.

Section 1: Physics of radiation:
The atom and the production of X-rays. The nucleus and radioactivity. Radiation interactions with matter. Measurement and detection of X- and gamma rays. Radiation protection.

Section 2: Imaging with Radiation:
X-ray imaging. Nuclear medicine.

Section 3: Physics of Radiotherapy:
Kilovoltage beam generators. Megavoltage beam generators. Radiation treatment planning - immobilisation and contouring. Principles of radiation treatment planning. Practice of radiation treatment planning. Brachytherapy. Therapy with unsealed radionuclides.

PART 2: RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY

Cancer: epidemiology, prevention, early diagnosis and education.
Biological and pathological introduction.
Principles of radiobiology.
Effects of radiation on normal tissues.
Principles of management and dosage.
Skin and lip.
Interstitial implantation.
Mouth, secondary node of neck, tonsil, nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, ear, salivary glands.
Larynx, lower pharynx, postcricoid, thyroid.
Oesophagus, stomach, gastrointestinal tract, lung, thymus, pancreas, liver.
Breast.
Cervix, body of uterus, ovary, vagina, vulva, gestational trophoblastic tumours. Kidney, bladder, prostate, testis, urethra, penis.
Lymphoreticular tissues and bone marrow.
Central nervous system, eye and orbit.
Sarcomas.
Paediatric oncology.
Non-malignant disorders.
Cancer chemotherapy.
Hormones and oncology.
Palliative and continuing care.
Quality of life.
Medical complications of malignant disease.