Pediatric Radiation Oncology

Description

This book presents the most up-to-date and innovative information on the targeting and treatment of a wide range of childhood cancers by means of radiation therapy. Written by global experts in pediatric radiation oncology, it documents in detail the treatment regimens appropriate to each disease, highlighting the recent advances that promise to improve rates of survival and cure. The use of image-guided and intensity-modulated radiation therapy is clearly described, and careful attention is also devoted to the roles of proton therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic fractionated radiosurgery, and modulated arc radiotherapy. Separate chapters address localization and verification procedures and anesthesia; pediatric radiation oncology in the palliative care setting; and aspects that are especially relevant in low- and medium-income countries. Beyond clinical radiation oncology, relevant information is provided on radiation physics. The book concludes by examining future directions in the field. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction (Thomas E. Merchant, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann)....Pages 1-2 Ewing Sarcoma and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (Safia K. Ahmed, Siddhartha Laskar, Nadia N. Laack)....Pages 3-20 Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma (Stephanie Terezakis, Matthew Ladra)....Pages 21-43 The Non-rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas, Desmoid Tumor and Osteosarcoma (Christopher L. Tinkle, John T. Lucas Jr.)....Pages 45-85 Neuroblastoma (Joseph Panoff, John Lucas, Luke Pater, Shefali Gajjar)....Pages 87-110 Wilms Tumor (John A. Kalapurakal)....Pages 111-130 Rare Tumors in Pediatric Oncology (Jeffrey C. Buchsbaum, Jeannette Parkes, Thanushree Naidoo)....Pages 131-170 Pediatric Glioma (Erin Murphy, Matthew Poppe, Rakesh Jalali)....Pages 171-202 Medulloblastoma/Non-Medulloblastoma Embryonal Tumors (Stephanie M. Perkins, Efrat Landau, Christine Hill-Kayser)....Pages 203-220 Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT) (Eman Al Duhaiby, Christopher Tinkle, Paul Aridgides)....Pages 221-242 CNS Germ Cell Tumors (Erin Murphy, Shannon MacDonald, Frank Saran)....Pages 243-256 Childhood Ependymoma (Rosangela Correa Villar, Thomas E. Merchant)....Pages 257-275 Childhood Craniopharyngioma (Thomas E. Merchant)....Pages 277-299 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (Natia Esiashvili, Michael A. Pulsipher)....Pages 301-311 Utilization of Radiation for Pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma (Bradford S. Hoppe, Ronica H. Nanda, Anne-Marie Charpentier)....Pages 313-341 Basic Principles and Advances in Technology Used for Pediatric Radiotherapy (Arthur J. Olch, Chia-Ho Hua)....Pages 343-362 Proton Therapy for Pediatric Malignancies (Matthew D. Hall, Daniel J. Indelicato, Ronny Rotondo, Julie A. Bradley)....Pages 363-379 Helical TomoTherapy in Pediatric-Adolescent Patients (Maurizio Mascarin, Elisa Coassin)....Pages 381-406 Localization, Verification, and Anesthesia (Ralph Ermoian, Michael Rossi, Chris Beltran, Sally Rampersad)....Pages 407-417 Palliative Radiotherapy and Management of the Pediatric Oncology Patient (Tamara Vern-Gross, Karen Marcus)....Pages 419-450 Pediatric Radiotherapy in Low and Middle Income Countries (Natia Esiashvili, Verity Ahern, Jeannette Parkes, Hester Burger, Yavuz Anacak, Siddhartha Laskar)....Pages 451-460 Future Directions (Thomas E. Merchant, Rolf-Dieter Kortmann)....Pages 461-462