Textbook of Radiotherapy : Radiation, Physics, Therapy and Oncology

A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all those concerned with the uses of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Best known as 'Walter and Miller', over the years this book has become the core text for therapeutic radiography students and an important introductory text for trainee radiologists and clinical physicists. It is divided into 2 parts: the first covers underlying principles of physics ad the second (and longer) part deals with radiotherapy and oncology. The book underwent a major overhaul and expansion (of part 2) in the previous edition, which firmly established it as the outstanding work of its kind in this field.

Combines in one text physics and oncology/radiotherapy - a better buy for students

Numerous line drawings, photographs, x-rays and a colour plate section - easy to read and navigate through

Fully updated and revised - making sure that the reader is briefed in contemporary developments in the field

No other text as comprehensive as this one - a unique and 'must-have' purchase for all radiotherapists!

The New Edition reflects the major changes in the practice over the last ten years

The 'Radiobiology' Chapter has been totally rewritten

Part 1 has been reorganised, now 15 chapters in an easier-to-read sequence

New line drawings included.

CONTRIBUTORS LIST

Robert Colman MD FRCP
Professor of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, YCR Department of Clinical Oncology,Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Martin Errington MB ChB MA FRCR MRCP
Consultant Radiologist, Imaging Directorate, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

John R. Goepel MB ChB FRCPath
Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield TeachingHospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

B.W. Hancock MD FRCP FRCR DCH
Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Duncan McLaren BSc MB BS MRCP FRCR
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Western General Hopsital, Edinburgh, UK

Trevor J. McMillan BSc PhD HonMRCP
Peel Professor of Cancer Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Univesity, UK

David Radstone BA DipDroit Compare-Solicitor of the Supreme Court MB BS DHRT FRCR
Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hopsital, Sheffield; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Martin Robinson MD FRCP FRCR
Senior Lecturer Clinical Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Roger Taylor MA FRCP FRCR
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals, West Yorkshire