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This book summarizes the do's and don'ts of managing a patient receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy as well as how to manage common day to day situations that one comes across in radiation oncology practice. It aims to serve as a useful guide for students of radiation oncology for their practical exams and provides useful answers mostly to the why's of the various steps of radiotherapy planning, prescribing, evaluation and treatment delivery. The intent of this book is to cover the various indications and techniques for taking a decision on the various practical aspects of radiotherapy planning and delivery and hopes to offer assistance to young radiation oncologists in handling cancer patients. This is a more practice oriented book and does not aim to cover the various sites, types and indications of radiotherapy as a whole.
List of contents
Section I: Approaching a cancer patient.- Section II: Principles of application of radiotherapy.- Section III: Use of other agents with radiation.- Section IV: Managing radiotherapy
About the author
Dr. Ashutosh Mukherji has done his graduation and post graduation (radiotherapy) from Delhi University and presently works as Additional Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Regional Cancer Centre, JIPMER, Puducherry as well as Associate Dean (Research), JIPMER. He has expertise in management of solid tumors with radiotherapy, chemotherapy as well as modern radiotherapy techniques including IGRT, IMRT and stereotactic radiotherapy. He has many years of experience in the use of telecobalt machine, simulator, CT scan and MRI based planning, linear accelerators and brachytherapy. His areas of interest are GI and hepatobiliary cancers, head & neck cancers, use of conformal RT, pediatric oncology, skin cancers and mould brachytherapy. He has published several papers in journals, book chapters, presented papers and posters in national conferences, given talks in CMEs and academic meets. He has been the organising secretary for CMEs, multi-institute level scientific workshops, as well as regional Chapter conferences. He has been the Secretary of JIPMER Scientific Society and member of executive committee of Indian Brachytherapy Society. Dr. Mukherji has been awarded fellowship on many occasions in national meets. He has been appointed as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Advanced Medical Health Research, the official journal of JIPMER and Assistant Editor of the Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (JCRT).
Summary
Explains the process to approach a cancer patient and deciding a treatment modality
Outlines the use of newer modalities of radiotherapy
Summarizes the ways of correctly evaluating a radiation schedule, delivering treatment correctly
Elaborates on patient care during treatment
Covers management of complications and sequelae of treatment
Includes counseling of patients
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“This book is a combination of equipment design, basic physics, patient advice, dosimetry evaluation and use of concurrent treatments to enhance radio-therapy, and will be a useful introductory book for students and trainees across the radiotherapy field to understand the patient pathway and experience of radiotherapy, although care must be taken with the currency of information, in particular in managing toxicities.” (Naomi Dickie, RAD Magazine, December, 2018)
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"This book is a combination of equipment design, basic physics, patient advice, dosimetry evaluation and use of concurrent treatments to enhance radio-therapy, and will be a useful introductory book for students and trainees across the radiotherapy field to understand the patient pathway and experience of radiotherapy, although care must be taken with the currency of information, in particular in managing toxicities." (Naomi Dickie, RAD Magazine, December, 2018)
