Essentials of Clinical Radiation Oncology

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. Designed to replicate a “house manual” used by residents in training, this text serves as a “one-stop” resource for practicing radiation oncologists, related practitioners, and radiation oncology residents entering the field.

Each chapter is structured for straightforward navigability and information retention, beginning with a “quick-hit” summary that contains an overview of each disease, its natural history, and general treatment options. Following each “quick-hit” are high-yield summaries covering epidemiology, risk factors, anatomy, pathology, genetics, screening, clinical presentation, workup, prognostic factors, staging, treatment paradigms, and medical management for each malignancy. Each treatment paradigm section describes the current standard of care for radiation therapy including indications, dose constraints, and side effects. Chapters conclude with an evidence-based question and answer section which summarizes practice-changing data to answer key information associated with radiation treatment outcomes. Flow diagrams and tables consolidate information throughout the book, providing an extremely useful tool for treatment planning and clinical care.

• Editor: Matthew C. Ward, MD
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Publisher: Demos Medical
• Publication Date: December 28, 2017
• ISBN-13: 978-0826168559