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Thermoradiotherapy and Thermochemotherapy
Hyperthermia has been found to be of great benefit in combination with radiation therapy or chemotherapy in the management of patients with difficult and com plicated tumor …
Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors
The American Cancer Society anticipates that 16,500 patients will be diagnosed with primary malignant tumors of the central nervous system in 2000, with about 200,000 individuals …
Concomitant Continuous Infusion Chemotherapy and Radiation
The administration of chemotherapeutic agents by continuous infusion with concomitant radiation therapy heralds a new approach in the treatment of cancer. This comprehensive book …
The Management of Head and Neck Cancer
Statistically speaking, head and neck cancer per se (excluding melano ma and basal cell carcinoma) does not outwardly seem to pose a serious threat - 27,500/870,000 total cancer …
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a frequent disease of the elderly and the most common cause of blindness. Recently, various new treatment options have become available …
Practical Approaches to Cancer Invasion and Metastases
In the United States in 1993 the American Cancer Society estimated that there were about 1,300,000 new cases of invasive cancer diagnosed. At the time of presentation about 70% of …
Radiation Therapy in Pediatric Oncology
The diagnosis of cancer in a child is a devastating finding not only to the parents but often to the child. Even though the situation is relatively easy to accept among adults, it …
Interventional Radiation Therapy
In the last decade brachytherapy experienced a dramatic up- swing. The introduction of new radioisotopes with favorable nuclear physical properties, computer-assisted dosimetry, …
Late Sequelae in Oncology
Increasing survival figures and the use of more intense combined treatment regimens in modern oncology have raised the problem of late therapeutic sequelae in long-term survivors …
Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer
In the last two decades, there has been a major increase in the actual numbers of women diagnosed with breast cancer (from 65000 new cases 20 years ago in the United States to …
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
A symposium on benign prostatic hyperplasia is appropriate at a time when new knowledge and new technology are rapidly emerging. As the age of the population has increased and …
Carcinoma of the Bladder
Bladder cancer represents a major challenge to the oncologist. In spite of new tech niques for early diagnosis and innovative imaging procedures for staging, the outcome in terms …