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by Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu, Margarita Racsa, Monica S Krishnan
Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I: Issues in Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology
- Chapter 1. General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Life Expectancy and Prognostication
- Religion and Spirituality
- Relief of Pain and Suffering
- Palliative Radiation Therapy
- Efficacy of Palliative Radiation Therapy
- Emerging Technologies
- Radiation Therapy Planning and Delivery
- Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
- Guidelines and Quality Measures
- Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 2. Communication
- Chapter 3. Prognostication in Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy
- Chapter 4. Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Advance Care Planning, and Advance Directives
- Chapter 5. Palliative Care Assessment
- Chapter 1. General Approach to Palliative Care and Palliative Radiation Oncology
- Part II: Symptom Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners
- Part III: Disease-Specific Management for Palliative Radiation Oncology Practitioners
- Chapter 11. Palliative Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis
- Chapter 12. Palliative Radiotherapy for Malignant Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
- Chapter 13. Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastasis
- Abstract
- Introduction/Background
- Pathophysiology
- Presentation/Evaluation
- Clinical Assessment
- Imaging
- Management Overview
- External Beam Radiation Therapy
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Recommendations
- Exceptions
- Side Effects
- QOL Improvement and Palliative EBRT
- Re-Irradiation
- Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy/Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- External Beam Radiation Therapy Techniques
- Radiopharmaceuticals for Diffuse Painful Bone Metastases
- Beta Emitters
- Summary
- Alpha Emitters
- Bisphosphonates and Denosumab to Prevent SREs
- Bisphosphonates in Combination With EBRT
- Denosumab
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14. Site-Specific Symptom Management: Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Lung Cancer
- Chapter 15. Palliative Radiation Oncology for Gastrointestinal Tract Malignancies
- Chapter 16. Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Gynecologic and Genitourinary Malignancies
- Chapter 17. Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced and Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers and Skin Metastases
- Index
Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology
Monica S. Krishnan
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Centers, Boston, MA, United States
Margarita Racsa
Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center, Daytona, FL, United States
Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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