Precision medicine is a rapidly-evolving field in the management of cancer. The use of novel molecular or genetic signatures in local-regional management is still in its infancy. Precision Radiation Oncology demystifies this state-of-the-art research and technology. By describing current existing clinical and pathologic features, and focusing on the ability to improve outcomes in cancer using radiation therapy, this book discusses incorporating novel genomic- or biology-based biomarkers in the treatment of patients moving radiation oncology into precision/personalized medicine. Precision Radiation Oncology provides readers with an overview of the new developments of precision medicine in radiation oncology, further advancing the integration of new research findings into individualized radiation therapy and its clinical applications.
Author(s): Bruce G. Haffty, Sharad Goyal
Series: Current Precision Oncology
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 184
City: New Brunswick
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Contents
Contributors
Precision Radiation Oncology: An Introduction
1. Combining Cytotoxic Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
2. Molecular Targeted Therapy and Radiation
3. Current State of the Art in Intracranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery Technology: Accuracy, Precision, and Clinical Impact
4. Spine Radiosurgery in the Management of Spine Metastasis
5. Body Radiosurgery
6. Brachytherapy
7. Proton Beam Therapy
8. Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
9. Nanomedicines: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications in Radiation Oncology
10. Radiolabeled Spheres
11. Radiogenomics: Advancing Precision Radiation Oncology Through Development of a Genomic-Based Predictive Instrument
12. Combined Effects of Immunotherapy and Radiation Therapy
13. Radiomics
14. Big Data and Radiation Oncology
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