Radiation therapy for skin cancer by Armand B Cognetta Jr and William M Mendenhall
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In reading the preface of Radiation Treatment and Radiation Reactions in
Dermatology by Renato Pannizon M.D. and Jay Cooper M.D. (Springer 2004), we
are reminded that we are following a great work which has been the standard text-
book for radiation therapy of skin neoplasms for the last 10 years. It is a very suc-
cinct work with renowned contributors and expert editing which, through its various
reprints, has guided dermatologists around the world for the last decade.
When asked to become editors of this 2013 edition of Radiation Therapy for
Skin Cancer we knew it would be a hard task to equal their success. We decided
that this text would continue to serve as a primer on the physics, radiobiology, and
practical aspects of radiation therapy as it applies to appropriate treatment planning
for patients with select tumors. We expanded the chapters on patient selection and
fractionation to include fl exible guidelines for calculating, and if necessary, adjust-
ing the TDF (Time Dose and Fractionation) as well as other practical additions.
In addition, we greatly expanded the chapters dealing with high risk tumors and
their management by radiation oncologists. It is hoped that the specifi c chapters on
high risk squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, angiosarcoma, lym-
phomas, and adjuvant radiation for melanoma will be a useful reference for all
cutaneous oncologists.
کتاب : رادیوتراپی در درمان سرطان پوست