CURED I - LENT Late Effects of Cancer Treatment on Normal Tissues (Medical Radiology Radiation Oncology)

Cover......Page 1
MEDICAL RADIOLOGY:Radiation Oncology......Page 2
CURED I • LENT:Late Effects of Cancer Treatment on Normal Tissues......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedications......Page 5
Foreword......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
Acknowledgement......Page 17
Contents......Page 18
1.Radiation (and Medical) Biosurveillance: Screening Survivors for Late Eff ects of Therapy Using the Children’s Oncology Group Long-Term Follow-Up Guidelines......Page 20
2.Medical Countermeasures to Radiation Injury: Science and Service in the Public Interest......Page 29
3.Ionizing Radiation and the Endothelium – A Brief Review......Page 36
4.Inflammation and Cell Adhesion Molecules are Involved in Radiation-Induced Lung Injury......Page 40
5.Volume Effects in Radiation Damage to Rat Lung......Page 48
6.The Role of Imaging in the Study of Radiation-Induced Normal Tissue Injury......Page 54
7.Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Survivors of Thoracic Radiation......Page 63
8.Hypoxia-Mediated Chronic Normal Tissue Injury: A New Paradigm and Potential Strategies for Intervention......Page 76
9.Prevention and Treatment of Radiation Injuries – The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System......Page 83
10.Second Malignancies as a Consequence of Radiation Therapy......Page 91
11.Using Quality of Life Information to Rationally Incorporate Normal Tissue Effects into Treatment Plan Evaluation and Scoring......Page 96
12.Cancer-Related Fatigue as a Late Effect: Severity in Relation to Diagnosis, Therapy, and Related Symptoms......Page 103
13.Normal Tissue TNM Toxicity Taxonomy: Scoring the Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatment......Page 111
14.Cancer Survivorship Research: State of Knowledge, Challenges and Opportunities......Page 120
Subject Index......Page 142