Pediatric Radiotherapy Planning and Treatment

A practical guide to the design of radiation therapy treatment for children, this book covers every common diagnosis and disease site for infants through to teenagers. Its scope encompasses clinical background information on pediatric cancers with brief clinical descriptions and discussion of treatment guidelines for each disease. The author provides an overview of pediatric cancer and the specific issues that make treating children a challenge. He also covers advanced technologies such as protons and immobilization as well as a detailed discussion of clinical trial guidelines. He includes examples, computed topographic scans, MRI images, tables, and figures.