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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Volume I: Basic Statistics and Clinical Studies in Radiation Oncology.- Techniques.- Treatment Documentation.- Clinical Radiobiology.- Patient Management.- Volume II: Clinical Radiation Therapy.- Tumors of the CNS.- Tumors of the Eye.- Head and Neck Tumors.- Tumors of the Thoracic Organs.- Tumors of the Gastrointestinal tract.- Tumors of the Kidney and the Uriniferous.- Specific Tumors in Men.- Specific Tumors in Women.- Skin Tumors.- Tumors of the Connective Tissue.- Neoplasms of the Lymphatic System.- Volume III: Medical Physics: Mathematical/Computer Science Background.- Biophysics.- Radiation Physics.- Anatomy and Physiology.- Instrumentation.- Biomedical Engineering.- Imaging.- Radiation Therapy.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Wenz, Frederik M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
Vice Chief Medical Officer, University Medical Center Mannheim
Head, Interdisciplinary Cancer Center, University Medical Center Mannheim.
Dr. Wenz received his MD degree from the University of Heidelberg in 1992 after studies in medicine and physics in Heidelberg, Birmingham, San Antonio and Chicago. He performed the experimental work for his M.D. thesis at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, where he also started his internship in diagnostic radiology (Prof. G. van Kaick). He moved to the University of Heidelberg for a residency in radiation oncology (Prof. M. Wannenmacher). After performing a fellowship in cancer biology at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (Prof. J.B. Little), he was promoted to attending at Heidelberg University. In 2000 he became professor and chairman in the department of radiation oncology at the University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg.
Dr. Wenz has published more than 300 peer review journal papers and edited 4 text books. He served as an editorial board member in several journals. The clinical specialties are breast and prostate cancer, while the research interests are focussed on novel technologies like intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image guided radiotherapy (IGRT), stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) and radioprotective gene-therapeutic approaches
