Human radiation injury / [edited by] Dennis C. Shrieve, Jay S. Loeffler.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2011], ©2011.
Description
xix, 533 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • SECTION I. Radiobiology and Pathology or Irradiated Normal Tissues
    • 1. Molecular and Cellular Basis of Radiation Injury / Henning Willers
    • 2. Pathology of Radiation Injury / Lynn Million
    • 3. Normal Tissue Radiobiology: Animal Models of Radiation Injury / Wolfgang Dorr
    • 4. Radiation Dose Fractionation and Normal Tissue Injury / Dennis C. Shrieve
    • 5. Agents Impacting Radiosensitivity / Paul M. Harari
    • 6. Comorbidities Impacting Radiosensitivity / Alphonse Taghian
    • SECTION II. Whole Body Effects of Radiation
    • 7. Radiation-Induced Oncogenesis at Low and High Doses / Herman D. Suit
    • 8. Atomic-Bomb Survivors: Long-term Health Effects of Radiation / Roy E. Shore
    • 9. Optimization of Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery Technology to Minimize Radiation Injury / Alexei Trofimov
    • 10. Toxicity Due to Systemic Radiotherapy / Susan J. Knox
    • 11. Toxicity Due to Total Body Irradiation / Brenda Shank
    • 12. Response to Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism / Judith L. Bader
    • 13. Radiation Effects of Space Travel / Francis A. Cucinotta
    • 14. Radiation Injuries in Nuclear Power Plant Operation / Roger M. Macklis
    • 15. Effect of Radiation on the Embryo and Fetus / Gianluca Straface
    • SECTION III. Organ-Specific Effects of Radiation
    • 16. Cognitive Sequelae of Brain Radiation / Paul D. Brown
    • 17. Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis / Jay S. Loeffler
    • 18. Optic Nerve, Eye, and Ocular Adnexa / William M. Mendenhall
    • 19. Cranial Nerves / John C. Flickinger
    • 20. Brainstem / J. Debus
    • 21. Spinal Cord / Albert J. Van Der Kogel
    • 22. Peripheral Nerves / Thomas F. Delaney
    • 23. Brachial Plexus / Abram Recht
    • 24. Cerebral Radionecrosis / Penny K. Sneed
    • 25. Vascular Effect of Radiation in the Central Nervous System / Michael Brada
    • 26. Treatment of Radiation Injury in the Central Nervous System / Edward G. Shaw
    • 27. Head and Neck / Robert L. Foote
    • 28. Lung / Kenneth E. Rosenzweig
    • 29. Heart / Jean-Marc Cosset
    • 30. Liver / Theodore S. Hong
    • 31. Kidney, Adrenal Gland / John E. Moulder
    • 32. Urinary Function / Anthony L. Zietman
    • 33. Sexual Function / Anthony L. Zietman
    • 34. Testes / Alan Pollack
    • 35. Ovary / David K. Gaffney
    • 36. Vagina / David K. Gaffney
    • 37. Esophagus / Bruce Minsky
    • 38. Small Bowel and Colon / K. Sree Kumar
    • 39. Pancreas / Brian G. Czito
    • 40. Stomach / Christopher G. Willett
    • 41. Anus and Rectum / Dennis C. Shrieve
    • 42. Breast / Reshma Jagsi
    • 43. Bone / Brian O'Sullivan
    • 44. Skin / Peter A.S. Johnstone
    • SECTION IV. Treatment of Late Radiation Injury
    • 45. Treatment Approaches to Late Radiation Injury / Amy K. Huser.
    ISBN
    • 9781605470115 (alk. paper)
    • 1605470112 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2010025903
    OCLC
    643443244
    RCP
    C - S
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