Walter and Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy: Radiation Physics, Therapy and Oncology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0702074853 ISBN 13: 9780702074851

Publisher: Elsevier, 2019

Synopsis

Walter and Miller’s Textbook of Radiotherapy is a key textbook for therapeutic radiography students as well as trainee clinical and medical oncologists, clinical physicists and technologists. The book is divided into 2 sections. The first section covers physics and provides a comprehensive review of radiotherapy physics. This section is designed to be non-physicist friendly, to simply and clearly explain the physical principles upon which radiotherapy and its technology are based. The second section is a systematic review by tumour site giving an up to date summary of radiotherapy practice. The title also covers the place of chemotherapy, surgery and non-radiotherapy treatments as well as the principles of cancer patient treatment including supportive care and palliative treatments. It is a comprehensive must-have resource for anyone studying therapeutic radiotherapy.

• Highly illustrated in full colour including 350 photographs
• Clearly and simply explains the fundamental physics for clinicians
• Gives an up to date summary of radiotherapy practice organised by tumour site making it very easy to navigate
• Describes the wide range of devices and clearly explains the principles behind their operation
• Comprehensively explains the calculation models of dose predictions for treatment preparation

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702074853
• ISBN 13: 9780702074851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Symonds TD MD FRCP FRCR Paul R, Mills PhD MIPEM CPhys John A., Duxbury FCR TDCR MSc Angela