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Breast Cancer (Radiation Medicine Rounds)
Author(s): Alphonse G. Taghian (Author, Editor), Michele Y. Halyard (Editor), Charles R. Thomas (Editor)
- Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
- Publication Date: 28 May 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781936287659
- ISBN-13: 193628765X
Book Description
Radiation therapy is a major tool in the management of this family of cancers. This issue of “Radiation Medicine Rounds” includes reviews of all major recent advances in treatment of breast cancer. Articles also review current knowledge in the areas of biologic agents, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Image-Guided Brachytherapy, and robotic surgery in gynecologic cancer. “Breast Cancer” will provide the practitioner with a full current overview of the present best practices and recent research in management of this complex and challenging family of cancers. It offers in-depth, up-to-date expert reviews and analysis of major new developments in all areas of Radiation Medicine. Each issue is edited by an authority in that subject area. Each issue is focused on a single major topic in Radiation Medicine, providing coverage of advances in radiation science, radiation medicine technology, radiation medicine practice, and assessment of recent quality and outcome studies.
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About the Author
Alphonse G. Taghian, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Breast Radiation Oncology, Gillette Center for Breast Cancer Massachusetts General Hospital
Michele Y. Halyard, MD, Associate Professor of Oncology , Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic – Scottsdale, AZ
Charles R. Thomas, Jr., MD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Medicine and Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute.
