Main 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.

Contents:

Forward

Steven D. Wexner, MD

Section I: Role of Pelvic Radiation

Chapter 1

The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Gynaecological Tumors

Tamer Refaat and William Small Jr.

Chapter 2

Role of radiation in urological malignancies

Eric D. Donnelly and Bryan David Macrie

Chapter 3

Role of radiation in rectal cancers

Angelita Habr-Gama and Jose Marcio Neves Jorge

Chapter 4

Prevention of injury from pelvic irradiation

Michelle S. Gentile and William Small Jr

Section II Consequences of pelvic radiation and their treatment

Chapter 5

Pathology of Radiation Effects on Healthy Tissues in the Pelvis

Curtis Ray Hall

Chapter 6

Contribution of chemotherapy to the toxicity of pelvic irradiation

Amikar Sehdev and Robert de W. Marsh

Chapter 7

Radiation cystitis: Acute and Chronic

Surendra B. Kolla and Atreya Dash

Chapter 8

Acute and chronic radiation enteropathy

Eli D. Ehrenpreis and Amir Patel

Chapter 9

Radiation proctopathy

Andrew Mazulis and Eli D. Ehrenpreis

Chapter 10

Effects of Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer on Anorectal Function

Jose Marcio Neves Jorge, Angelita Habr-Gama, and Leonardo A. Bustamante

Chapter 11

Effects and management of pelvic radiation on female reproductive system: Sexual dysfunction, fertility effects, and premature menopause

Claudine Domoney and Dimitrios Nikolaou

Chapter 12

Miscellaneous pelvic effects: Pelvic/sacral insufficiency fractures

Nickolas B. Reimer, Lucas M. Nystrom, and Cooper W. Dean

Chapter 13

Radiation Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy

Ryan T. Merrell

Section III Treatment and Prevention of pelvic radiation injury

Chapter 14

The management of radiation cystitis

Joshua A. Cohn, Kyle A. Richards, and Gary D. Steinberg

Chapter 15

Medical management of Radiation Effects on the Intestines

Parakkal Deepak and Eli D. Ehrenpreis

Chapter 16

Surgical management of radiation-induced intestinal injury

Barak Benjamin and Shmuel Avital