BookH. William Strauss, Giuliano Mariani, Duccio Volterrani, Steven M. Larson, editors.
Summary: Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering the increasing role of radionuclide-based technologies in the management of oncologic patients, with disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview of current indications and developments. Topics covered include instrumentation, physics, radiobiology, radioguided surgery, and radionuclide therapy, which is discussed with useful separate topics describing the importance of organ function assessment after cancer therapies in the heart, lung, kidney and the gastro-intestinal tract. Additionally, significant aspects of cancer biology and molecular imaging are discussed, as well as appropriate tracers for both single- and positron-emitting radionuclides. Individual chapters in the book focus on the most common cancers occurring in adults and children, detailing radionuclide procedures within an integrated framework identifying the information required for effective treatment of specific tumors. These clinical chapters provide a description of the epidemiology, etiology, histologic and pathophysiologic classification, prognosis, treatment, and most common outcome for each type of cancer. With contributions from a group of internationally-distinguished practitioners, Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications serves as a valuable compendium of knowledge for nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists and other clinicians involved in the care and management of cancer patients.
Contents:
Part I: Basic Science
The Cancer Biology of Molecular Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals for Single-Photon Emission Imaging and for Therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging in Oncology with Special Emphasis on Positron-Emitting Agents
Physics of Nuclear Oncology
Instrumentation
Radiobiology and Radiation Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine: Therapy, Diagnosis, and Considerations for Sensitive Populations
Part II: Clinical Applications
Lymphomas
Multiple Myeloma
Brain Tumors
Head and Neck Cancer
Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumors
Breast Cancer
Lung and Mediastinal Tumors
Gastric Cancers
Cancers of the Esophagus and Small Bowel, Precancerous States of the Large Bowel, and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tract
Pancreatic Cancer
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Colorectal Cancer
Kidney and Bladder Cancer
Cancer of the Prostate, Testicles and Penis
Gynecologic Cancers
Sarcoma
Malignant Melanoma
Pediatric Cancers
Part III: Radionuclide Therapy
¹³¹I-MIBG Therapy
Targeted Therapy for Bone Metastasis
Part IV: Radioguided Surgery
Radioguided Surgery
Part V: Heart Disease in the Cancer Patient
Imaging the Heart in the Cancer Patient
Part VI: Adverse Effects of Cancer Therapy
Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Adverse Effects of Cancer Therapy in the Lung, Kidney, and Gastrointestinal Tract
Part VII: Teaching Cases
Nuclear Oncology Teaching Cases.