| Description |
xx, 743 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Evolution of radiation oncology / Laura J. Hilderley -- Basic principles of radiation therapy / Giselle J. Moore-Higgs -- Radiation protection and safety / Maurene McQuestion -- Diagnosis and staging / Jormain O. Cady -- Simulation and treatment planning / Kim L. Light -- Central nervous system tumors / Terri S. Armstrong, Christie M. Hancock, and Mark R. Gilbert -- Head and neck cancers / Elise Carper -- Lung cancer / Marilyn L. Haas -- Breast cancer / Giselle J. Moore-Higgs -- Gastrointestinal cancers / Jean C. Holland -- Urinary cancers / Pamela Devine -- Gynecological cancers / Giselle J. Moore-Higgs -- Male genitourinary cancers / William P. Hogle -- Spinal cord and bone metastases / Diane Williams and Kathryn Burrows |
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Skin cancers / William P. Hogle -- Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma / Heather Lynn Brumbaugh -- Soft tissue sarcomas / Kellie L. Ritari -- Nonmalignant tumors / Mary Ann Robbins -- Chemoradiotherapy / Wendy H. Vogel -- Combined chemoradiation safety / Katen Moore and Martha Polovich -- Interventional radiology procedures / Diana H. Wortham -- Radioprotectants / Carrie F. Daly and Annette Lea Jones -- Radiopharmaceuticals / Susan Vogt Temple -- Stereotactic irradiation / Susan D. Bruce and Annette Martin Quinn -- Accelerated partial breast irradiation / Anita Axiak and Christine Flynn |
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Total body irradiation and total lymphoid irradiation / Joni Dunn and Catherine M. Comeau Lew -- Hyperthermia / Tracy K. Gosselin-Acomb -- GliaSite Radiation Therapy System / Eileen Maloney Wilensky, Marilyn L. Haas, and William P. Hogle -- Total skin electron beam therapy / Tracy K. Gosselin-Acomb -- Radiodermatitis / Sheila G. Sparks -- Pain / Karen Snow Kaiser and Micke A. Brown -- Mucositis / Mary Ellyn Witt -- Nutrition through the continuum of cancer care / Sandra L. Luthringer |
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Radiation-induced nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea / Constance Engelking, Rita J. Wickham, and Carmel Sauerland -- Sexuality and sexual dysfunction / Judith A. Shell -- Nursing research and clinical trials / Norissa Walter Honea -- Advanced practice nurses in radiation oncology / Colleen K. Lambertz -- Evidence-based clinical guidelines / Judith A. DePalma -- Clinical outcomes and documentation / Dianna Wellen Traylor -- Geriatic considerations in radiation oncology nursing / Sarah H. Kagan and Mary Longnecker Garrett -- Influence of complementary and alternative medicine / Georgia M. Decker. |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Radiotherapy -- Nursing.
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Neoplasms -- nursing.
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Radiotherapy -- nursing.
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Neoplasms -- radiotherapy.
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Radiotherapy -- methods.
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| Added Author |
Haas, Marilyn.
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| ISBN |
9780323040303 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0323040306 hardcover alkaline paper |
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