Main description:

This book is a practical, up-to-date guide to the treatment of patients with brain and spinal tumors. Leading experts in the field explain treatment techniques in detail, highlighting key considerations in the use of external beam radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, particle therapy, radiosurgery, and stereotactic body radiation therapy. Specific recommendations are described for different tumor types, and helpful information provided on other important issues, such as the interaction of radiotherapy and systemic therapy and the avoidance of treatment complications.

With the development of modern technology, highly conformal radiotherapy techniques have become more complicated, yet also more widely employed. This book will equip readers with the knowledge required to set up practices to deliver quality brain and spinal radiation therapy appropriate to each patient. It will be of benefit to radiation oncologists, clinical oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and senior nurses as well as medical oncologists and surgical oncologists with an interest in radiotherapy.

Contents:

Preface

Dedication

Chapter 1: Arteriovenous Malformation

Chapter 2: Benign Meningioma

Chapter 3: Atypical and Malignant Meningioma

Chapter 4: Craniopharyngioma

Chapter 5: Paraganglioma

Chapter 6: Pituitary adenoma

Chapter 7: Vestibular Schwannoma

Chapter 8: Hemangiopericytoma

Chapter 9: Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma

Chapter 10: Ganglioglioma

Chapter 11: Ependymoma

Chapter 12: Adult Pilocytic Astrocytoma

Chapter 13: Pleomorphic Xanthroastrocytoma (PXA)

Chapter 14: WHO Grade II and III Glioma

Chapter 15: Glioblastoma

Chapter 16: Brainstem Glioma

Chapter 17: Pineal Tumors (PPTID, PTPR)

Chapter 18: Adult Medulloblastoma

Chapter 19: Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors

Chapter 20: Brain Metastases: Intact and Postoperative Radiosurgery

Chapter 21: Brain Metastases: Whole brain radiation therapy

Chapter 22: Primary Spinal Cord Tumors

Chapter 23: Spinal Metastases

Chapter 24: Management of acute side effects of brain irradiation (besides radionecrosis)

Chapter 25: Radiation Necrosis: A Practical Approach

Chapter 26: Management of spine SBRT adverse effects

Chapter 27: Monitoring and management of late effects