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Pediatric radiation oncology /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halperin, Edward C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [1999]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Neoplasms > in infancy & childhood.
Neoplasms > radiotherapy.
Radiotherapy > in infancy & childhood.
Table of Contents:
  • The cancer problem in children
  • Leukemia
  • Supratentorial brain tumors except ependymomas; brain tumors in babies and very young children
  • Tumors of the posterior fossa and the spinal canal
  • Retinoblastoma
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • Ewing's sarcoma
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Soft-tissue sarcomas other than rhabdomyosarcoma; desmoid tumor
  • Wilms' tumor
  • Tumors of the liver and biliary tree
  • Germ and stromal cell tumors of the gonads and extragonadal germ cell tumors
  • Endocrine, aerodigestive tract, and breast tumors
  • Langerhans' cell histiocytosis
  • Skin cancer, hemangioma, and lymphangioma
  • Late effects of cancer treatment
  • Secondary tumors
  • Anesthesia for external-beam radiotherapy (in collaboration with Scott Schulman)
  • Stabilization and immobilization devices.