Short Course Breast Radiotherapy: A Comprehensive Review of Hypofractionation, Partial Breast, and Intra-Operative Irradiation

Hardcover, ix + 501 pages, NOT ex-library. Printed in the Netherlands. Limited signs of gentle wear, book is clean with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This comprehensive handbook on the implementation of short course radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer is intended as an up-to-date resource for the clinician. The book opens with a series of chapters on underlying principles and diverse relevant topics, including pathologic anatomy of early-stage breast cancer, radiobiology of accelerated breast irradiation, quality assurance and radiation safety, surgical considerations in partial breast irradiation, and impact of oncoplastic surgery on adjuvant radiotherapy. Individual sections are then devoted to hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy, accelerated partial breast irradiation, and intraoperative radiotherapy. Each section includes details of patient selection, physics, techniques, data, and toxicity. The reader is provided with clear guidance on the appropriate use of accelerated forms of adjuvant radiotherapy for treatment of early-stage breast cancer and on various emerging treatment approaches. -- Contents: Part I: Background and Supporting Concepts: 1. Accelerated Breast Irradiation APBI: History, Rationale, and Controversies 2. Pathological Anatomy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Defining the Target 3. Radiobiology of Breast Radiotherapy 4. Quality Assurance and Radiation Safety for Breast Irradiation 5. Surgical Considerations in Partial-Breast Irradiation 6. Impact of Oncoplastic Surgery on Adjuvant Radiation Therapy 7. Comparison of True Cost Between Modalities in a Changing American Healthcare System; Part II: Hypofractionated Whole Breast Irradiation WBI: 8. Patient Selection for Hypofractionated Whole Breast Radiation Therapy for Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Cancer 9. Physics of HWBI 10. New York University Experience and Prone Positioning 11. Canadian Experience with Hypofractionation 12. United Kingdom Experience: Clinical Trial Evolution, Techniques, Data, and Toxicity; Part III: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: 13. Patient Selection for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) 14. Physics of APBI 15. Overview of Outcomes with Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation 16. Evolution of Brachytherapy Techniques and the Current Arizona Approach 17. Intracavitary Brachytherapy: Techniques, Data, Toxicity 18. External-Beam Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation; Part IV: Intra-operative Radiotherapy IORT 19. Patient Selection for IORT 20. Physics of IORT for the Breast 21. A Risk-Adapted Approach to Breast Radiation Using Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy (TARGIT) 22. Intraoperative Technique with Electrons; Part V: Emerging Treatment Approaches: 23. Ultrashort Courses of Breast Radiotherapy 24. Breast Conservation Therapy Without Capsular Contracture in Augmented Women Using Interstitial Brachytherapy 25. Noninvasive Image-Guided Breast Brachytherapy (NIBB) 26. APBI (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation) for in Breast Recurrence Following WBI 27. Preoperative Partial Breast; 28. Hypofractionated Regional Nodal Irradiation for Breast Cancer; Part VI: Hypofractionation for Metastatic Disease: 29. Stereotactic Treatment for Oligometastatic Breast Cancer 30. Hypofractionated Palliative Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer; Index.…