Radiation Oncology/TOC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface[edit | edit source]
Treatment by Disease Site[edit | edit source]
Central Nervous System Tumors[edit | edit source]
- Introduction
- Glioma
- Meningioma
- Primary CNS Lymphoma
- Pineal Gland Tumors
- Metastatic to brain
- CSF involvement
- Spine
- Miscellaneous CNS Tumors
- Craniopharyngioma
- Germinoma
- Ependymoma
- Optic Pathway Glioma
- Brainstem Glioma
- Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Medulloblastoma
- CNS PNET
- Pineal Gland tumors
- Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (AT/RT)
- Retinoblastoma
Benign:
- Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma)
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Sphenopalatine Neuralgia
- Chronic Cluster Headaches
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Cavernous Malformation
- Glomus Jugulare (Paraganglioma)
- Cancer pain
Skull Base Tumors[edit | edit source]
Head and Neck Tumors[edit | edit source]
- General Head and Neck
- Post-operative Head and Neck
- Oral cavity
- Pharynx:
- Larynx
- Sinonasal tumors:
- Salivary glands
- Unknown primary
- Thyroid
- IMRT
Eye and Orbit[edit | edit source]
Thoracic Tumors[edit | edit source]
Gastrointestinal Tumors[edit | edit source]
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors
- Pancreas
- Bile duct (Cholangiocarcinoma)
- Gall bladder
- Liver
- Small intestine
- Colon
- Rectum
- Anal canal
Genitourinary Tumors[edit | edit source]
Benign
Gynecologic Tumors[edit | edit source]
Breast Cancer[edit | edit source]
Hematologic Malignancies[edit | edit source]
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Primary CNS lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Multiple myeloma and plasmacytoma
- Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia
- Mycosis fungoides
- Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
- Spleen Irradiation
- Total Body Irradiation
- Miscellaneous
Sarcoma[edit | edit source]
Soft tissue tumors:
- Soft tissue sarcomas
- Retroperitoneal sarcomas
- Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
- Synovial sarcoma
- Angiosarcoma
- Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor and Malignant Intracerebral Nerve Sheath Tumor
- Hemangiopericytoma
- EBV-associated Smooth Muscle Tumor (EBV-SMT)
Bone tumors:
Benign:
Skin[edit | edit source]
- Melanoma
- Non-melanoma skin cancer
- Merkel cell carcinoma
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Eccrine Porocarcinoma
- Extramammary Paget's disease
Neuroendocrine Tumors[edit | edit source]
- Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
- Small cell lung cancer
- Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung
- Paraganglioma
- Adrenocortical Carcinoma
- Merkel cell
- Neuroblastoma
Germ cell tumors[edit | edit source]
Pediatric Tumors[edit | edit source]
- Brain Tumors
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms')
- Neuroblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Bone PNET
- Pediatric Hodgkin's
- Burkitt's Lymphoma
Miscellaneous Tumors[edit | edit source]
Benign Non-Neoplastic Diseases[edit | edit source]
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Sphenopalatine Neuralgia
- Chronic Cluster Headaches
- Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma)
- Graves' Disease
- Heterotopic ossification
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Heel Spurs
- Keloid
- Angiomyxoma
- Peyronie's Disease
- Vascular Brachytherapy
- Arteriovenous malformation
- Cavernous malformation
Palliation[edit | edit source]
- Overview of palliation
- Superior vena cava syndrome
- Spinal cord compression
- Bone mets
- Brain mets
- NSCLC palliation
- Pelvic palliation
Level I Evidence (Prospective Randomized Trials)[edit | edit source]
Treatment toxicity[edit | edit source]
- Grading of toxicity
- NTCP (Normal tissue complication probability)
- Normal tissue tolerance (Emami estimates)
- Brain
- Vision
- Head & Neck
- Heart
- Lung
- Esophagus
- Small bowel
- Genitourinary
- Bone marrow
- Second malignancies
- Skin
Supportive Care[edit | edit source]
- Supportive care (general)
- Anemia
- Cachexia
- Dyspnea
- Fatigue
- Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Skin care
- Head and neck
- Hot flashes
- Neurologic symptoms
- Pain
- Thromboembolism
Radiation Techniques[edit | edit source]
- External Beam
- Brachytherapy
- Intraoperative RT (IORT)
- Unsealed sources
- Particle Therapy
- Hyperthermia
Treatment Planning[edit | edit source]
- Contraindications to radiotherapy
- Anatomy
- Bone marrow distribution
- Examples of treatment fields
- Tumor motion
- IMRT
- Devices used in simulation
- Treatment of patients with pacemakers
Other Topics[edit | edit source]
Cancer Syndromes[edit | edit source]
Radiobiology[edit | edit source]
- Classic radiobiology
- Effect of time to treatment and overall treatment time
- Cancer biology
- Antibodies
- Small molecules
- Radiation modulators
- Radiation Sensitizers
- Radiation Protectors
- List of Chromosomes and their related cancer genes
- Tumor markers
Radiation Physics[edit | edit source]
Medical Statistics[edit | edit source]
Health Technology Assessment[edit | edit source]
Drugs[edit | edit source]
- Chemotherapy drugs
- Chemotherapy combinations
- Endocrine drugs
- Cytokines and immunomodulators
- Immunosuppresive drugs
Appendices[edit | edit source]
Clinical trials[edit | edit source]
- Recent Studies Posted
- Numeric list of RTOG trials
- Search the NCI website for protocols - gives publication info for completed trials
- Other cooperative groups:
- Lists of current protocols:
- GRCOP list of active protocols - lists Fast Facts for several national protocols
- CTSU - Cancer Trials Support Unit, part of the NCI.
Cancer statistics[edit | edit source]
- 2007 Cancer Facts and Figures - from the American Cancer Society, good resource for number of cases/year
- List of most commons (e.g. What is the 3rd most common pediatric extracranial malignancy?)
- Worldwide cancer statistics
- USA cancer statistics
- Survival curve terminology definitions
Other[edit | edit source]
- AJCC/TNM staging editions
- Historical documents about radiation
- Karnofsky performance status scale
- Online tools
- Education
- Corporate
Supplementary Material[edit | edit source]
- ASTRO meeting webcasts - ASTRO Spring Refresher Course, etc.
- Other meeting presentations
- National Cancer Institute PDQ (Physician Data Query) - information about treatment, supportive care, clinical trials, etc. An invaluable resource.
- Oncolink - U.Pennsylvania, provides summaries of trials presented at scientific meetings including ASTRO, ASCO, and others. Very nice.