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Relative radiation sensitivities of human organ systems
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Front Cover; Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems, Part III; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contents of Volumes 12 and 14 (Parts I and II of ""Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems""); Chapter 1. Radiation Damage to the Kidney; I. Introduction; II. Radiation Damage to Normal Tissue: Basic Principles; III. Functional Anatomy of the Kidney; IV. Damage at the Cellular Level; V. Radiation Histopathology of the Kidney; VI. Clinical Radiation Nephropathy; VII. Animal Experiments; VIII. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
Chapter 2. Intrinsic Radiosensitivity of Human CellsI. Introduction; II. Fitting the Survival Curves; III. Intrinsic Radiosensitivity of Human Tumor Cells: A Determinant of Clinical Radioresponsiveness; IV. Intrinsic Radiosensitivity of Nontransformed Human Fibroblasts; V. Predictive Assays; VI. Role of Transformation in the Intrinsic Radiosensitivity of Human Cells; VII. Recovery, Repair, and Intrinsic Radiosensitivity; VIII. Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Relative Sensitivities of Tumors to Brachytherapy; I. Introduction; II. Radiobiology.
III. Radiobiology of High-LET Neutron BrachytherapyIV. New Brachytherapy; V. Second Tumors after Brachytherapy; VI. Clinical State of the Art; VII. Summary and Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Fast Neutron Radiotherapy in Relation to the Radiation Sensitivity of Human Organ Systems; I. Introduction; II. Radiotherapy Complications in Various Tissues; III. Survey of Neutron Treatment Facilities; IV. Concluding Remarks; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. Normal Tissue Effects of Hyperthermia in Conjunction with Radiotherapy; I. Introduction.
II. Cellular and Physiological Features of HyperthermiaIII. Normal Tissue Effects in Animal Models: Hyperthermia Alone; IV. Radiation with Hyperthermia: In Vivo Animal Studies; V. Clinical Studies on Humans; VI. Discussion; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Expectation of Malformations after Irradiation of the Developing Human in Utero: The Experimental Basis for Predictions; I. Introduction; II. Early Mammalian Development; III. Inactivation by Radiation at Specific Developmental Stages; IV. Malformations as a Consequence of Irradiation in Utero; V. Irradiation at the Preimplantation Stage: The Mouse.
VI. Irradiation at the Preimplantation Stage: The RatVII. Irradiation during Organogenesis: The Mouse; VIII. Irradiation during Organogenesis: The Rat; IX. Other Species; X. Quantitative Changes in Malformations during Life in Utero; XI. Influence of Protraction and/or Fractionation of Exposure; XII. Exposure to Fast Neutrons; XIII. Human Experience of Irradiation in Utero; XIV. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 7. Radiation Research: A Joint Venture in Radiobiology and Radiotherapy; I. Introduction; II. Early Discoveries; III. Discoveries from the 1950s to the Present.
edited by Kurt I. Altman and John T. Lett.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Relative radiation sensitivities of human organ systems. Part III
San Diego, California ; London, [England] : Academic Press, Inc., ©1992