Target Volume Delineation for Pediatric Cancers

Provides practical guidance in the delineation of tumor volumes and/or radiation fields for a wide variety of pediatric cancers

Covers issues related to both proton and photon radiotherapy planning

Includes detailed illustrations of the target volumes in representative cases

Auteur

Dr. Terezakis is an associate professor of radiation oncology and director of pediatric radiation oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her clinical research has been focused on the optimization of modern therapies for pediatric cancers, particularly bone and soft tissue sarcomas, CNS tumors, and lymphomas.

Dr. MacDonald is an associate professor of radiation oncology at Harvard Medical School, and a radiation oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Her research focuses on the optimal use of proton radiotherapy for pediatric malignancies and young women with breast cancer and minimizing side effects of cancer therapies.

Contenu

CenCentral Nervous System normal structures.- Non-Central Nervous System normal structures.- Medulloblastoma.- Ependymoma.- Germ Cell Tumors.- Craniopharyngioma.- Gliomas in Children.- Rhabdomyosarcoma.- Bone Sarcomas (Ewing's Sarcoma and Osteosarcoma).- Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas.- Pediatric Lymphoma/Leukemia.- Wilm's Tumor.- Neuroblastoma.- Eye Tumors.- Chordomas and chondrosarcomas.- Pediatric Head and Neck Tumors. <p