Main description:

This up-to-date, hands-on manual offers clear guidance on contouring and treatment planning for both standard and advanced radiation therapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancers and simultaneously draws together the available relevant clinical data for each type of cancer with a view to driving treatment recommendations. The full range of malignancies is covered, including esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatic, biliary, colon, rectal, and anal cancers and pelvic recurrences. Additional chapters are devoted to stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) to the liver for metastatic disease.

The management of gastrointestinal cancers with radiation therapy has become increasingly complex. Specifically, the emergence of new techniques such as SBRT and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has further increased the need to understand how to contour targets and organs at risk, how to perform safe treatment planning, and when to apply these technologies. In this context, Radiation Therapy for Gastrointestinal Cancers represents an ideal reference for both established clinical radiation oncologists and radiation oncology residents.

Contents:

Basics of Chemotherapy

Esophageal Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Gastric Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Pancreatic Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Primary Liver Cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma):

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Biliary Cancer (Extrahepatic Bile Duct and Gallbladder):

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Colon Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Rectal Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Anal Cancer:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning

Pelvic Recurrences: Clinical Data

Contouring, treatment planning, and Intra-operative Radiation Therapy

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy to the Liver for Metastatic disease:

Clinical Data

Contouring and treatment planning