Main description:

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among the female population. With advances in systemic therapies and modern radiotherapy techniques, breast cancer patients can have a long life-expectancy. However, it is crucial that radiation therapy is carried out with minimum complications and with the utmost efficiency.

Principles and Practice of Modern Radiotherapy Techniques in Breast Cancer provides practical and current theoretical knowledge to the planning and implementation of breast cancer radiation therapy. All aspects of breast cancer are covered, including epidemiology, molecular and biological basis and integrating systemic therapies during all steps of treatment.

The illustrated section of this book identifies anatomical structures in daily practice by presenting target and critical structures in actual treatment positions. These images show and mark the anatomical points of the patient lying in the position that breast radiation therapy would be performed.

This text serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, residents and fellows practicing and learning breast cancer radiotherapy.

Contents:

SECTION I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGY -- Gul Kitapcioglu

2. STAGING -- Zeynep Ozsaran & Senem Demirci

3. MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION -- Ayfer Haydaroglu

4. PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS -- Senem Demirci & Naim Ceylan & Ayfer Haydaroglu

5. MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO RADIATION -- Serra Kamer & Beste Melek Atasoy

6. INTERACTION OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY -- Bilge Gursel & Ayfer Haydaroglu

7. INTERACTIONS OF RADIOTHERAPY WITH HORMONOTHERAPY -- Muge Akmansu

SECTION II THERAPEUTIC RESULTS OF RADIOTHERAPY IN BREAST CANCER

8. DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU -- Nuran Senel Bese & Ayfer Ay

9. EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER -- Maktav Dincer

10. LOCALLY ADVANCED BREAST CANCER -- Melek Nur Yavuz & Aylin Fidan Korcum

11. METASTATIC BREAST CANCER -- Zeynep Ozsaran & Senem Demirci

SECTION III. RADIOTHERAPY ATLAS IN BREAST CANCER

12. THE ORGANS AT RISK AND RADIATION TOLERANCE DOSES -- Senem Demirci & Naim Ceylan

13. CHEST WALL AND REGIONAL LYMPHATICS -- Gokhan Ozyigit, & Melis Gultekin & Ferah Yildiz

14.BREAST AND TUMOR BED -- Aylin Fidan Korcum & Melek Nur Yavuz

SECTION IV. MODERN RADIOTHERAPY TECNIQUES IN BREAST CANCER

15. SIMULATION AND PATIENT FIXATION METHODS -- Sibel Kahraman Cetintas & Lutfi Ozkan & Sema Gozcu & Ali Altay

16. THREE DIMENSIONAL PLANNING TECHNIQUES -- Murat Koylu & Nezahat Olacak & Ayfer Haydaroglu

17. INVERSE PLANNING, INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY AND IMAGE GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY -- Isik Aslay & Halil Kucucuk & Oznur Senkesen & Melahat Garipagaoglu

18. FORWARD PLANNING INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY TECHNIQUES -- Ferah Yildiz & Gozde Yazici & Pervin Hurmuz & Ali Dogan

19. BOOST TECHNIQUES -- Seden Kucucuk & Gonul Kemikler & Aydin Cakir

20. QUALITY ASSURANCE -- Meltem Atamel & Ertugrul Erturk

21. PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION -- Ilknur Birkay Gorkem

22. HYPOFRACTIONATION -- Ayfer Haydaroglu

23. APPLICATION OF TOMOTHERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS -- Mehtap Coskun & Mahmut OEzsahin & Wendy Jeaneret Sozzi & Tsoutsou Pelagia

SECTION V. RADIOTHERAPY COMPLICATIONS IN BREAST CANCER

24. RADIOTHERAPY COMPLICATIONS -- Meltem Nalca Andrieu