Main description:

This book provides detailed, state-of-the-art information and guidelines on the latest developments, innovations, and clinical procedures in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy. The first section discusses key methodological and technological issues in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy, including use of implanted fiducial markers, management of respiratory motion, image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy, three-dimensional conformal brachytherapy, target definition and localization, and PET/CT and biologically conformal radiation therapy. The second section provides practical clinical information on image-guided adaptive radiation therapy for cancers at all common anatomic sites and for pediatric cancers. The third section offers practical guidelines for establishing an effective image-guided adaptive radiation therapy program.

Contents:

Part I: METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY

Chapter 1: Introduction to Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiotherapy
Martin J. Murphy and Tianfang Li

Chapter 2: Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy and Practical Perspectives
Lei Xing, Louis Lee, and Robert Timmerman

Chapter 3: Errors, Margins, Localization and Correction
Jan-Jakob Sonke and Marcel van Herk

Chapter 4: Use of Implanted Fiducial Markers in IGRT
Daniel Low and James Balter

Chapter 5: Management of Respiratory Motion in Radiation Therapy
Gig S. Mageras and Paul J. Keall

Chapter 6: Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
T.D. Solberg, B. Kavanagh, and P.M. Medin

Chapter 7: Three-Dimensional Conformal Brachytherapy: Current Trends and Future Promise
Jeffrey F. Williamson and Robert Cormack

Chapter 8: Target Definition and Localization
Daniel R. Gomez, K.S. Clifford Chao, and Nancy Y. Lee

Chapter 9: PET/CT and Biologically Conformal Radiation Therapy
Marco Trovo, Jeffrey Bradley, and Mitchell Machtay

Part II. IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Chapter 10: Head and Neck Cancers
Ping Xia and Quynh-Thu Le

Chapter 11: Lung Cancers
Steve Jiang, Loren Mell, and Ajay Sandhu

Chapter 12: Breast Cancers
Sua Yoo, Jinli Ma, Lawrence Marks, and Fang-Fang Yin

Chapter 13: Liver Malignancies
Kristy K. Brock and Laura A. Dawson

Chapter 14: Non-Hepatic Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Daniel T. Chang, Devin S. Schellenberg, and Albert C. Koong

Chapter 15: Genitourinary Cancers
Lei Dong and Jeff M. Michalski

Chapter 16: Gynecologic Malignancies
Loren K. Mell, Josh Haslam, John Roeske, and Arno J. Mundt

Chapter 17: Central Nervous System Tumors
Yoshiya Yamada, D. Michael Lovelock, Jenghwa Chang, and Mark H. Bilsky

Chapter 18: Pediatric Cancers
Thomas Merchant and Chris Beltran

Part III. ESTABLISHING AN IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY PROGRAM

Chapter 19: Platforms for Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy
Warren Kilby, Calvin R. Maurer, C. Amies, A. Bani-Hashemi, B. Groh, T. Tuecking, K.J. Ruchala, W. Lu, G.H. Olivera, T.R. Mackie, and Peter Munro

Chapter 20: Quality Assurance of Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation
Douglas J. Moseley, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Michael B. Sharpe, and David A. Jaffray

Chapter 21: Information Systems and Data Management
Sam Brain and Bruce H. Curran

Chapter 22: Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy Billing and Reimbursement
Chet Szerlag, Luis Canovas, and Claire Mendenhall