Essentials of Clinical Radiation Oncology is a comprehensive, user-friendly clinical review that summarizes up-to-date cancer care in an easy-to-read format.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• I. Central Nervous System
• 1. Glioblastoma - Aditya Juloori, Jennifer S. Yu, and Samuel T. Chao
• 2. Anaplastic Gliomas - Shireen Parsai and Samuel T. Chao
• 3. Low Grade Glioma - Martin C. Tom and Erin S. Murphy
• 4. Meningioma - Abigail L. Stockham and David J. Schwartz, V
• 5. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma - Jordan Fenner, Samuel T. Chao, and Erin S. Murphy
• 6. Pituitary Adenoma - Edward W. Jung, Nathanael J. Lee, and John H. Suh
• 7. Trigeminal Neuralgia - Bindu V. Manyam, Vamsi Varra, and Samuel T. Chao
• 8. Vestibular Schwannoma - Jeffrey Kittel and John H. Suh
• 9. Uveal (Choroidal) Melanoma - Gaurav Marwaha, John H. Suh, and Arun D. Singh
• II. Head and Neck
• 10. Oropharynx Cancer - Shireen Parsai, Nikhil P. Joshi, and Shlomo A. Koyfman
• 11. Oral Cavity Cancer - Bindu V. Manyam
• 12. Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Shireen Parsai and Michael A. Weller
• 13. Laryngeal Cancer - Aditya Juloori
• 14. Salivary Gland Tumors - Martin C. Tom, Shlomo A. Koyfman, and Nikhil P. Joshi
• 15. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary of the Head and Neck - Senthilkumar Gandhidasan and Jeffrey Kittel
• 16. Postoperative Radiation for Head and Neck Cancer - Carryn M. Anderson
• III. Skin
• 17. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer - Neil McIver Woody and Jonathan Sharrett
• 18. Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma - Aditya Juloori and Nikhil P. Joshi
• 19. Merkel Cell Carcinoma - Matthew C. Ward and Nikhil P. Joshi
• 20. Mycosis Fungoides - Vamsi Varra, Matthew C. Ward, and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• IV. Breast
• 21. Early-Stage Breast Cancer - Rahul D. Tendulkar and Chirag Shah
• 22. Locally Advanced Breast Cancer - Yvonne D. Pham and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 23. Ductal Carcinoma In Situ - Jonathan Sharrett, Chirag Shah, and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 24. Recurrent Breast Cancer - Martin C. Tom, Camille A. Berriochoa, and Chirag Shah
• V. Thoracic
• 25. Early-Stage Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Gaurav Marwaha, Matthew C. Ward, Kevin L. Stephans, and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 26. Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Matthew C. Ward and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 27. Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Camille A. Berriochoa and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 28. Mesothelioma - Gregory M. M. Videtic and Bindu V. Manyam
• 29. Thymoma - Jonathan Sharrett and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• VI. Gastrointestinal
• 30. Esophageal Cancer - Camille A. Berriochoa and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 31. Gastric Cancer - Bindu V. Manyam, Kevin L. Stephans, and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Neil McIver Woody and Kevin L. Stephans
• 33. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma - Charles Marc Leyrer and Mohamed E. Abazeed
• 34. Rectal Cancer - Ehsan H. Balagamwala and Sudha R. Amarnath
• 35. Anal Cancer - Aditya Juloori and Sudha R. Amarnath
• VII. Genitourinary
• 36. Low-Risk Prostate Cancer - Yvonne D. Pham and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 37. Intermediate- and High-Risk Prostate Cancer - Bindu V. Manyam and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 38. Post-Prostatectomy Radiation Therapy - Camille A. Berriochoa and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 39. Bladder Cancer - Michael A. Weller, Camille A. Berriochoa, and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 40. Testicular Cancer - Ehsan H. Balagamwala and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 41. Penile Cancer - Rupesh Kotecha, Omar Y. Mian, and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• 42. Urethral Cancer - Rupesh Kotecha and Rahul D. Tendulkar
• VIII. Gynecologic
• 43. Cervical Cancer - Monica E. Shukla and Sheen Cherian
• 44. Endometrial Cancer - Shireen Parsai, Jonathan Sharrett, and Sudha R. Amarnath
• 45. Vulvar Cancer - Matthew C. Ward and Sudha R. Amarnath
• 46. Vaginal Cancer - Camille A. Berriochoa and Sudha R. Amarnath
• 47. Uterine Sarcoma - Michael A. Weller and Sudha R. Amarnath
• IX. Hematologic
• 48. Adult Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Senthilkumar Gandhidasan, Matthew C. Ward, and Chirag Shah
• 49. Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Matthew C. Ward and Chirag Shah
• 50. Indolent Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Aryavarta M. S. Kumar and Matthew C. Ward
• X. Sarcomas
• 51. Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Jonathan Sharrett, Jeffrey Kittel, Chirag Shah, and Jacob G. Scott
• XI. Pediatric
• 52. Medulloblastoma - Camille A. Berriochoa, Bindu V. Manyam, and Erin S. Murphy
• 53. Ependymoma - Matthew C. Ward, John H. Suh, and Erin S. Murphy
• 54. Brainstem Glioma - Jason W. D. Hearn and John H. Suh
• 55. Craniopharyngioma - Martin C. Tom, Timothy D. Smile, and Erin S. Murphy
• 56. Rhabdomyosarcoma - Yvonne D. Pham, Samuel T. Chao, and Erin S. Murphy
• 57. Neuroblastoma - Charles Marc Leyrer and Erin S. Murphy
• 58. Wilms Tumor - Yvonne D. Pham, John H. Suh, and Erin S. Murphy
• 59. Ewing's Sarcoma - Ehsan H. Balagamwala and Erin S. Murphy
• 60. Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Ehsan H. Balagamwala and Erin S. Murphy
• XII. Palliation
• 61. Brain Metastases - Matthew C. Ward and John H. Suh
• 62. Bone Metastasis - Ehsan H. Balagamwala and Andrew Vassil
• 63. Malignant Spinal Cord Compression - Bindu V. Manyam, Camille A. Berriochoa, and Chirag Shah
• 64. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - Charles Marc Leyrer and Gregory M. M. Videtic
• 65. Palliative Radiotherapy - Justin J. Juliano
• XIII. Benign Diseases
• 66. Radiation Therapy for Benign Diseases - Chirag Shah
• Abbreviations