Human radiation injury /

Human radiation injury /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xix, 533 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Radiation injuries.
Radiation Injuries -- pathology
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Radiation Effects
Radiation Injuries -- therapy
Radiation Injuries
Radiation injuries
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13441423
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Other authors / contributors:Shrieve, Dennis C.
Loeffler, Jay S.
ISBN:9781605470115
1605470112
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource (R2 website, viewed Jan. 24, 2014).
Summary:This book is a concise but thorough presentation of known toxicities of radiation exposure in humans. This unique text is the only single reference available that studies the risks to humans from medical, environmental, and accidental or terrorist-related exposure to radiation. The chapters cover modern understanding of the molecular and cellular events involved in radiation injury, the known dose-effect relationships for human organ systems, and a full discussion of normal tissue toxicity related to therapeutic radiation. Recommended guidelines are outlined and the best available treatments following injury are also detailed.
Other form:Print version: Human radiation injury. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2011 9781605470115
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Biology
  • 2. Radiation Pathology Normal Tissue Injury
  • 3. Normal Tissue Radiobiology
  • 4. Fractionation
  • 5. Agents Impacting Radiosensitivity
  • 6. Co-Morbidities
  • 7. Carcinogenesis
  • 8. Atomic Bomb Survivors
  • 9. Optimization of Treatment Delivery
  • 10. Systemic Radiotherapy
  • 11. Effects of Whole Body Exposure
  • 12. Response to Radiologic Terrorism
  • 13. Radiation Effects on Space Travel
  • 14. Nuclear Power Plants
  • 15. Embryo and Fetus
  • 16. Brain Neurocognitive
  • 17. Hypothalamic Pituitary Axis
  • 18. Optic Nerve, Eye and Adnexa
  • 19. Cranial Nerves
  • 20. Brainstem
  • 21. Spine
  • 22. Peripheral Nerve
  • 23. Brachial Plexus
  • 24. Necrosis
  • 25. Vascular Effects
  • 26. Measures to Treat Radiation Injury in the CNS
  • 27. Head and Neck
  • 28. Lung
  • 29. Cardiac
  • 30. Liver
  • 31. Kidney and Adrenal
  • 32. Bladder, Prostate, and Urethra
  • 33. Sexual Function
  • 34. Testes
  • 35. Ovary
  • 36. Vagina
  • 37. Esophagus
  • 38. Small Bowel and Colon
  • 39. Pancreas
  • 40. Stomach
  • 41. Rectum and Anus
  • 42. Breast
  • 43. Bone
  • 44. Skin, Hair, Pigmentation, and Wound Healing
  • 45. Treatment of Late Radiation Injury

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