This handbook will enable radiation oncologists to appropriately and confidently select and delineate tumor volumes/fields for conformal radiation therapy, including intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), in patients with commonly encountered cancers. The orientation of this handbook is entirely practical, in that the focus is on the illustration of clinical target volume (CTV) delineation for each major malignancy. Each chapter provides guidelines and concise knowledge on treatment planning and CTV selection, explains how the anatomy of lymphatic drainage shapes target volume selection, and presents detailed illustrations of delineations, slice by slice, on planning CT images. While the emphasis is on target volume delineation for three-dimensional conformal therapy and IMRT, information is also provided on conventional radiation therapy field setup and planning for certain malignancies for which IMRT is not currently suitable.
Author(s): Nancy Y. Lee, Quynh-Thu Le, Brian O’Sullivan (auth.), Nancy Y. Lee, Jiade J. Lu (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 321
Tags: Radiotherapy; Oncology; Imaging / Radiology
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma....Pages 1-10
Oropharyngeal Carcinoma....Pages 11-19
Larynx Cancer....Pages 21-28
Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma....Pages 29-34
Oral Cavity Cancers....Pages 35-44
The Paranasal Sinuses....Pages 45-48
Major Salivary Glands....Pages 49-57
Thyroid Cancer....Pages 59-64
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Unknown Primary in the Head and Neck....Pages 65-71
Early Breast Cancer....Pages 73-77
Locally Advanced Breast Cancer....Pages 79-85
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)....Pages 87-103
Esophagus Cancer....Pages 105-111
Gastric Cancer....Pages 113-125
Contouring Guidelines for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma....Pages 127-143
Hepatocellular Carcinoma....Pages 145-160
Rectal Cancer....Pages 161-168
Anal Canal Cancer....Pages 169-175
Cervical Cancer....Pages 177-185
Endometrial Cancer....Pages 187-193
Ovarian Cancer....Pages 195-199
Vaginal Cancer....Pages 201-205
Vulvar Cancer....Pages 207-211
Prostate Adenocarcinoma....Pages 213-225
Bladder Cancer....Pages 227-231
Seminoma....Pages 233-237
Palliative Radiation for Brain Metastases....Pages 239-245
Benign Tumors of the Central Nervous System....Pages 247-254
Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma....Pages 255-276
Soft Tissue Sarcoma....Pages 277-286
Pediatric Sarcoma....Pages 287-293
Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors....Pages 295-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-321
