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Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences
Ehrenpreis, Marsh, Small Jr.
Editore
Springer
Anno
2015
Pagine
230
ISBN
9781493922161
100,00 €
Description
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the role of radiation therapy in various pelvic malignancies as well as the consequences of the radiation in the pelvic tissues. With sections covering the role of radiation therapy in the various pelvic malignancies, the pathophysiology of radiation related injury and the risk factors that increase the possibility of such an injury, and the latest in medical, endoscopic and surgical therapies for these radiation related complications the text offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of radiation therapy in the human pelvis, its role and the adverse effects on the pelvic organs. Written by experts in the field with readers in mind, Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences is the first of its kind standalone reference on the subject. Radiation Therapy for Pelvic Malignancy and its Consequences is of great value to urologists, medical radiation and gynecological oncologists, and gastroenterologists.
Table of Contents
I Role of Pelvic Radiation
1 The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant
Gynecological Tumors 3
Tamer Refaat and William Small Jr.
2 The Role of Radiation in Urological Malignancies 41
Eric D. Donnelly and Bryan David Macrie
3 Role of Radiation in Rectal Cancers 53
Angelita Habr-Gama, Jose Marcio Neves Jorge and Leonardo
A. Bustamante-Lopez
4 Prevention of Injury from Pelvic Irradiation 65
Michelle S. Gentile and William Small Jr.
II Consequences of pelvic radiation and their treatment
5 Pathology of Radiation Effects on Healthy Tissues in the Pelvis 79
Curtis Ray Hall
6 Contribution of Chemotherapy to the Toxicity of Pelvic Irradiation 87
Amikar Sehdev and R. de W. Marsh
7 Radiation Cystitis: Acute and Chronic 111
Surendra B. Kolla and Atreya Dash
8 Acute and Chronic Radiation Enteropathy 119
Amir Patel and Eli D. Ehrenpreis
9 Radiation Proctopathy 131
Andrew Mazulis and Eli D. Ehrenpreis
10 Effects of Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer on Anorectal Function 143
Jose Marcio Neves Jorge, Angelita Habr-Gama and Leonardo
A. Bustamante-Lopez
11 Effects and Management of Pelvic Radiation on Female Reproductive System:
Sexual Dysfunction, Fertility Effects, and Premature Menopause 153
Claudine Domoney and Dimitrios Nikolaou
12 Miscellaneous Pelvic Effects: Pelvic/Sacral Insufficiency Fractures 167
Nickolas B. Reimer, Lukas M. Nystrom and Cooper W. Dean
13 Radiation-Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy 181
Ryan T. Merrell
III Treatment and Prevention of pelvic radiation injury
14 The Management of Radiation Cystitis 191
Joshua A. Cohn, Kyle A. Richards and Gary D. Steinberg
15 Medical Management of Radiation Effects on the Intestines 205
Deepak Parakkal and Eli D. Ehrenpreis
16 Surgical Management of Radiation-Induced Intestinal Injury 221
Barak Benjamin and Shmuel Avital
Index 229
