Main description:

This practical guide to the use of radiotherapy for the treatment of sarcomas and skin cancers covers a wide range of disease scenarios, identifying which treatment techniques are applicable in particular clinical circumstances. Among the conditions considered are extremity soft tissue sarcomas, retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas, bone sarcomas, uterine sarcomas, chordomas, pediatric sarcomas, squamous cell carcinomas, basal cell carcinomas, melanomas, Merkel cell carcinomas, and cutaneous lymphomas. Detailed attention is devoted to the issues and considerations of relevance in everyday practice when treating these diseases. The use of multiple radiotherapy techniques and procedures, including IMRT, brachytherapy, radiosurgery, and particle therapy, is fully explained, and the role of radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy and emerging therapeutics such as immunotherapy and biologic anticancer agents is also addressed. The book will be of high value for practicing radiation oncologists, medical and surgical oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, trainees, and other medical professionals.

Contents:

PART I: Sarcomas

1. Extremity soft tissue sarcoma

2. Retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma

3. Gynecologic sarcomas

4. Bone sarcomas

5. Chordomas

6. Oligometastatic sarcomas

7. Pediatric sarcomas

8. Particle therapy for sarcomas

9. Chemotherapy / radiosensitizers

PART II: Other soft tissue tumors:

10. Desmoid fibromatosis

11. Hemangiopericytomas / solitary fibrous tumors

12. Angiosarcomas

13. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans

PART III: Skin cancers:

14. Squamous cell carcinomas

15. Basal cell carcinomas

16. Melanomas

17. Merkel cell carcinomas

18. Cutaneous lymphomas