Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy

This book provides detailed, state-of-the-art information and guidelines on the latest developments, innovations, and clinical procedures in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy. The first section discusses key methodological and technological issues in image-guided and adaptive radiation therapy, including use of implanted fiducial markers, management of respiratory motion, image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy, three-dimensional conformal brachytherapy, target definition and localization, and PET/CT and biologically conformal radiation therapy. The second section provides practical clinical information on image-guided adaptive radiation therapy for cancers at all common anatomic sites and for pediatric cancers. The third section offers practical guidelines for establishing an effective image-guided adaptive radiation therapy program.

Part I: METHODOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY FOR IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY Chapter 1: Introduction to Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiotherapy Martin J. Murphy and Tianfang Li Chapter 2: Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy and Practical Perspectives Lei Xing, Louis Lee, and Robert Timmerman Chapter 3: Errors, Margins, Localization and Correction Jan-Jakob Sonke and Marcel van Herk Chapter 4: Use of Implanted Fiducial Markers in IGRT Daniel Low and James Balter Chapter 5: Management of Respiratory Motion in Radiation Therapy Gig S. Mageras and Paul J. Keall Chapter 6: Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy T.D. Solberg, B. Kavanagh, and P.M. Medin Chapter 7: Three-Dimensional Conformal Brachytherapy: Current Trends and Future Promise Jeffrey F. Williamson and Robert Cormack Chapter 8: Target Definition and Localization Daniel R. Gomez, K.S. Clifford Chao, and Nancy Y. Lee Chapter 9: PET/CT and Biologically Conformal Radiation Therapy Marco Trovo, Jeffrey Bradley, and Mitchell Machtay Part II. IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Chapter 10: Head and Neck Cancers Ping Xia and Quynh-Thu Le Chapter 11: Lung Cancers Steve Jiang, Loren Mell, and Ajay Sandhu Chapter 12: Breast Cancers Sua Yoo, Jinli Ma, Lawrence Marks, and Fang-Fang Yin Chapter 13: Liver Malignancies Kristy K. Brock and Laura A. Dawson Chapter 14: Non-Hepatic Gastrointestinal Malignancies Daniel T. Chang, Devin S. Schellenberg, and Albert C. Koong Chapter 15: Genitourinary Cancers Lei Dong and Jeff M. Michalski Chapter 16: Gynecologic Malignancies Loren K. Mell, Josh Haslam, John Roeske, and Arno J. Mundt Chapter 17: Central Nervous System Tumors Yoshiya Yamada, D. Michael Lovelock, Jenghwa Chang, and Mark H. Bilsky Chapter 18: Pediatric Cancers Thomas Merchant and Chris Beltran Part III. ESTABLISHING AN IMAGE-GUIDED ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY PROGRAM Chapter 19: Platforms for Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy Warren Kilby, Calvin R. Maurer, C. Amies, A. Bani-Hashemi, B. Groh, T. Tuecking, K.J. Ruchala, W. Lu, G.H. Olivera, T.R. Mackie, and Peter Munro Chapter 20: Quality Assurance of Image-Guided Adaptive Radiation Douglas J. Moseley, Jean-Pierre Bissonnette, Michael B. Sharpe, and David A. Jaffray Chapter 21: Information Systems and Data Management Sam Brain and Bruce H. Curran Chapter 22: Image-Guided and Adaptive Radiation Therapy Billing and Reimbursement Chet Szerlag, Luis Canovas, and Claire Mendenhall