Bookedited by Leonard L. Gunderson, Christopher G. Willett, Felipe A. Calvo, Louis B. Harrison.
Contents:
General rationale and historical perspective
Rationale and historical perspective of intraoperative irradiation
Biology of large dose per fraction irradiation
Methods and techniques of treatment
Intraoperative electron beam irradiation: physics and techniques
HDR-IORT: physics and techniques
Electronic brachytherapy/low KV-IORT: physics and techniques
IORT with electron-beam, high-dose-rate brachytherapy or low-KV/electronic brachytherapy: methodological comparisons
Normal tissue tolerance: IORT
Normal-tissue tolerance to IOERT, EBRT, or both: animal and clinical studies
Results of IORT alone or plus EBRT by disease site
Central nervous system tumors
Head and neck cancer
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Gastric cancer
Pancreas cancer
Bile duct and gallbladder cancer
Primary colorectal cancer
Recurrent colorectal cancer
Retroperitoneal sarcomas
Extremity and trunk soft-tissue sarcomas
Bone sarcomas
Gynecologic malignancies
Genitourinary cancer
Pediatric malignancies
Conclusions and future possibilities
Conclusions and future possibilities: IORT.