BookEric J. Hall, Amato J. Giaccia.
Contents:
Physics and chemistry of radiation absorption
Molecular mechanisms of DNA and chromosome damage and repair
Cell survival curves
Radiosensitivity and cell age in the mitotic cycle
Fractionated radiation and the dose-rate effect
Oxygen effect and reoxygenation
Linear energy transfer and relative biologic effectiveness
Acute radiation syndrome
Medical countermeasures to radiation exposure
Radiation carcinogenesis
Heritable effects of radiation
Effects of radiation on the embryo and fetus
Radiation cataractogenesis
Radiologic terrorism
Doses and risks in diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology and cardiology, and nuclear medicine
Radiation protection
Molecular techniques in radiobiology
Cancer biology
Dose-response relationships for model normal tissues
Clinical response of normal tissues
Model tumor systems
Cell, tissue, and tumor kinetics
Time, dose, and fractionation in radiotherapy
Retreatment after radiotherapy: the possibilities and the perils
Alternative radiation modalities
The biology and exploitation of tumor hypoxia
Chemotherapeutic agents from the perspective of the radiation biologist
Hyperthermia.