This book is a practical, up-to-date guide to the treatment of patients with brain and spinal tumors. Leading experts in the field explain treatment techniques in detail, highlighting key considerations in the use of external beam radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, particle therapy, radiosurgery, and stereotactic body radiation therapy. Specific recommendations are described for different tumor types, and helpful information provided on other important issues, such as the interaction of radiotherapy and systemic therapy and the avoidance of treatment complications.

With the development of modern technology, highly conformal radiotherapy techniques have become more complicated, yet also more widely employed. This book will equip readers with the knowledge required to set up practices to deliver quality brain and spinal radiation therapy appropriate to each patient. It will be of benefit to radiation oncologists, clinical oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, radiation therapists, and senior nurses as well as medical oncologists and surgical oncologists with an interest in radiotherapy.

  

Arteriovenous Malformation

Benign Meningioma
Atypical and Malignant Meningioma
Craniopharyngioma
Paraganglioma
Pituitary adenoma
Vestibular Schwannoma
Hemangiopericytoma
Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma
Ganglioglioma
Ependymoma
Adult Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Pleomorphic Xanthroastrocytoma (PXA)
WHO Grade II and III Glioma
Glioblastoma
Brainstem Glioma
Pineal Tumors (PPTID, PTPR)
Adult Medulloblastoma
Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors
Brain Metastases: Intact and Postoperative Radiosurgery
Brain Metastases: Whole brain radiation therapy
Primary Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal Metastases
Management of acute side effects of brain irradiation (besides radionecrosis)
Radiation Necrosis: A Practical Approach
Management of spine SBRT adverse effects
Monitoring and management of late effects.