Radiation Oncology/TOC

TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Introduction Instructions for authors Author List Cancer epidemiology Cancer staging Treatment by Disease Site Central Nervous System Tumors Introduction Glioma Meningioma Primary CNS Lymphoma Pineal Gland Tumors Metastatic to brain CSF involvement Spine Miscellaneous CNS Tumors Pediatric: 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 Chordoma Chondrosarcoma Head and Neck Tumors General Head and Neck Post-operative Head and Neck Oral cavity Pharynx: Nasopharynx Oropharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Sinonasal tumors: Nasal cavity Maxillary sinus Ethmoid sinuses Salivary glands Unknown primary Thyroid IMRT Eye and Orbit Choroidal metastasis Ocular melanoma Graves' Ophthalmopathy Retinoblastoma Thoracic Tumors Lung Cancer NSCLC SCLC Carcinoid of the lung Mesothelioma Thymoma Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Gastrointestinal Tumors Esophagus Stomach Gastrointestinal stromal tumors Pancreas Bile duct (Cholangiocarcinoma) Gall bladder Liver Small intestine Colon Rectum Anal canal Genitourinary Tumors Prostate Bladder Kidney Testis Penis Urethra Renal pelvis and ureter Benign Peyronie's Disease Gynecologic Tumors Vulva Vagina Cervix Cervical brachytherapy Uterus Endometrial carcinoma Leiomyosarcoma Fallopian tube Ovary Breast Cancer Breast Hematologic Malignancies 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 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: Osteosarcoma Chondrosarcoma Ewing's sarcoma Fibrosarcoma Chordoma Bone PNET Benign: Angiomyxoma Skin Melanoma Non-melanoma skin cancer Merkel cell carcinoma Kaposi's sarcoma Eccrine Porocarcinoma Extramammary Paget's disease Neuroendocrine Tumors 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 Testicular GCTs CNS GCTs Pediatric Tumors Brain Tumors Craniopharyngioma Germ cell tumors Ependymoma Medulloblastoma Optic Pathway Glioma Pilocytic Astrocytoma CNS PNET Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor Nephroblastoma (Wilms') Neuroblastoma Rhabdomyosarcoma Retinoblastoma Ewing's sarcoma Bone PNET Pediatric Hodgkin's Burkitt's Lymphoma Miscellaneous Tumors Miscellaneous Benign Non-Neoplastic Diseases 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 Overview of palliation Superior vena cava syndrome Spinal cord compression Bone mets Brain mets NSCLC palliation Pelvic palliation Level I Evidence (Prospective Randomized Trials) Treatment toxicity 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 Supportive care (general) Anemia Cachexia Dyspnea Fatigue Gastrointestinal symptoms Skin care Head and neck Hot flashes Neurologic symptoms Pain Thromboembolism Radiation Techniques External Beam Cranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) Whole brain RT (WBRT) Cranio-Spinal Irradiation (CSI) Total Body Irradiation (TBI) Total Scalp Irradiation (TSI) Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) Image-guided radiotherapy Adaptive radiotherapy Brachytherapy Intraoperative RT (IORT) Unsealed sources Particle Therapy Neutrons Protons Charged Particles Hyperthermia Treatment Planning 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 Cancer Syndromes Radiobiology 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 Medical Statistics Health Technology Assessment Radiation Oncology/Cost-Effectiveness Radiation Oncology/Protons/Economics Drugs Chemotherapy drugs Chemotherapy combinations Endocrine drugs Cytokines and immunomodulators Immunosuppresive drugs Appendices Clinical trials Recent Studies Posted Numeric list of RTOG trials Search the NCI website for protocols - gives publication info for completed trials Other cooperative groups: ACOSOG CALGB COG ECOG EORTC GOG NCI-Canada NSABP SIOP trials 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 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 AJCC/TNM staging editions Historical documents about radiation Karnofsky performance status scale Online tools Education Corporate Supplementary Material 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.