Main description:

This volume is the first comprehensive and practical clinical reference on proton and charged particle radiotherapy. The first half of the book explains the treatment delivery systems used, offers detailed guidance on treatment planning techniques, examines key clinical issues in proton radiotherapy, and reviews recent experience with heavier charged particle radiotherapy. The second half of the book offers "how-to" information on treatment of pediatric tumors, lymphomas, and tumors of the central nervous system, eye, skull base, cervical spine, bone and soft tissue, paranasal sinus, nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, oral cavity, salivary glands, prostate, lung, gastrointestinal tract, female reproductive tract, and breast. More than 100 full-color illustrations complement the text.

Contents:

History of Charged Particle Radiotherapy
Herman D. Suit and William Chu

Radiobiology of Charged Particles
Leo Gerweck and Harold Paganetti

Facility Design
Edward T.M. Tsoi and Jay Flanz

Particle Accelerators
Jay Flanz

Treatment Delivery Systems: Passive Beam Scattering
Bernard Gottschalk

Treatment Delivery Systems: Pencil Beam Scattering
Eros Pedroni

Quality Assurance
Richard L. Maughan and Jonathan B. Farr

Patient Positioning and Set-Up Verification for Planning and Treatment
Martijn Engelsman, Alejandro Mazal, and David A. Jaffray

Treatment Planning: Principles and Systems/Optimization
Hanne M. Kooy, Alexei Trofimov, Martijn Engelsman, and Alfred R. Smith

Treatment Planning: Passive Scattering
Hanne M. Kooy and Judy A. Adams

Treatment Planning: Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy
Antony John Lomax

Clinical Issues in Proton Radiotherapy
Thomas F. DeLaney

Overview of Experience with Heavier Charged Particle Radiotherapy
Hirohiko Tsujii, Tadashi Kamada, and Juergen Debus

Pediatric Tumors
Torunn Yock, Thomas F. DeLaney, Brittany Esty, and Nancy J. Tarbell

Central Nervous System
Helen A. Shih, Paul H. Chapman, Marc R. Bussiere, Clark C. Chen, and Jay S. Loeffler

Eye
Evangelos S. Gragoudas, John E Munzenrider, Anne Marie Lane, and J. Michael Collier

Skull Base and Cervical Spine
Eugen B. Hug and John E. Munzenrider

Bone and Soft Tissue
Thomas F. DeLaney and David G. Kirsch

Head and Neck: Paranasal Sinus and Nasal Cavity
Pascal Pommier, Marco Krengli, Allan F. Thornton, Jun-Etsu Mizoe, Daniela Schulz-Ertner, and Jean-Jacques Mazeron

Head and Neck: Nasopharynx
Samir Patel, Judy A. Adams, and Annie W. Chan

Head and Neck: Oropharynx, Oral Cavity, and Salivary Glands
Jerry D. Slater and Ryan S. Grover

Prostate
Anthony L. Zietman, William U. Shipley, Carl J. Rossi, Jerry D. Slater, and Hiroshi Tsuji

Lung
David A. Bush

Gastrointestinal
Koichi Tokuuye, Hirotoshi Kato, Shigeru Yamada, Tadashi Kamada, Yausyuki Akine, and Hirohiko Tsujii

Gynecologic
Takashi Nakano, Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Shingo Kato, Tatsuya Ohno, and Thomas F. DeLaney

Breast
Shannon M. MacDonald and Alphonse Taghian

Lymphoma
Nancy Price Mendenhall and Daniel Yeung