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100 1 _aDeeley, Thomas J.
245 1 0 _aPrinciples of radiation therapy /
_cThomas J. Deeley.
260 _aLondon ;
_aBoston :
_bButterworths,
_c©1976.
264 _aLondon ;
_aBoston :
_bButterworths,
_c©1976.
300 _ax, 159 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aBibliography: p. 149-152.
505 _aCover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Inside Front Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Publisher Summary; Chapter 2: Discoveries; Publisher Summary; THE BACKGROUND; WILHELM KONRAD ROENTGEN; THE CURIES AND RADIUM; Chapter 3: Developments; Publisher Summary; ERA OF DISCOVERY 1890-1900; DEVELOPMENT 1900-1910; TECHNICAL MACHINE DEVELOPMENT 1910-1920; OVERDOSAGE EFFECTS 1920-1930; RATIONALIZATION 1930-1940; MEGAVOLTAGE 1940-1950; DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERVOLTAGE TECHNIQUES 1950-1960; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES 1960-1970; ONCOLOGY 1970-1974; CONCLUSION Chapter 4: The Treatment of Malignant DiseasePublisher Summary; BENIGN TUMOURS; MALIGNANT TUMOURS; THE CLASSIFICATION OF TUMOURS; DIAGNOSIS; PREPARATION FOR TREATMENT; TREATMENT; PRINCIPLES OF RADIOTHERAPY; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: Physics; Publisher Summary; ELECTROMAGNETIC RAYS; Chapter 6: The Treatment of Diseases using External Beam Therapy; Publisher Summary; EXTERNAL BEAM THERAPY MACHINES; THE ADVANTAGES OF MEGAVOLTAGE THERAPY; COMPARISON OF TREATMENT GIVEN WITH ORTHOVOLTAGE AND MEGAVOLTAGE; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT PLANNING; SPECIAL FEATURES SET-UP AND IMMOBILIZATION OF THE PATIENTPATIENTS' RECORDS; AN EXAMPLE OF PLANNING; Chapter 7: Radium; Publisher Summary; INTERSTITIAL; INTRACAVITARY RADIUM; SURFACE THERAPY; RADON SEEDS; REPLACEMENT OF RADIUM BY ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8: Radioactive Isotopes; Publisher Summary; DIAGNOSTIC USES; THERAPEUTIC USES; Chapter 9: Radiation Protection; Publisher Summary; Chapter 10: Radiobiology; Publisher Summary; THE OXYGEN STORY; THE MODIFICATION OF RADIATION EFFECTS BY THE USE OF CHEMICALS; Chapter 11: Combined Treatments; Publisher Summary; RADIOTHERAPY AND SURGERY RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPYChapter 12: Radiation Effects on Normal Tissues; Publisher Summary; ACUTE REACTION; LATE FIBROSIS; RADIATION EFFECTS ON GROWING TISSUES; CARCINOGENESIS; Chapter 13: Aftercare; Publisher Summary; REHABILITATION; Chapter 14: The Organization of Radiotherapy Services; Publisher Summary; PERIPHERAL CLINICS; COMBINED CLINICS; EQUIPMENT; STAFF; ASPECTS OF WORK; Service; Research; Teaching; DISEASES TREATED; Chapter 15: Research in Radiotherapy; Publisher Summary; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR TREATMENT; TREATMENT FOR DISSEMINATED DISEASE NEW MODES OF TREATMENTAFTERCARE; BASIC RESEARCH; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
521 _aCHS
_bBachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology
546 _aText in English
650 0 _aRadiation therapy.
650 2 _aNeoplasms
_xRadiotherapy.
650 2 _aRadiotherapy.
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