Radiation Therapy for Sarcomas and Skin Cancers: A Practical Guide on Treatment Techniques

This practical guide to the use of radiotherapy for the treatment of sarcomas and skin cancers covers a wide range of disease scenarios, identifying which treatment techniques are applicable in particular clinical circumstances. Among the conditions considered are extremity soft tissue sarcomas, retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas, bone sarcomas, uterine sarcomas, chordomas, pediatric sarcomas, squamous cell carcinomas, basal cell carcinomas, melanomas, Merkel cell carcinomas, and cutaneous lymphomas. Detailed attention is devoted to the issues and considerations of relevance in everyday practice when treating these diseases. The use of multiple radiotherapy techniques and procedures, including IMRT, brachytherapy, radiosurgery, and particle therapy, is fully explained, and the role of radiotherapy in combination with chemotherapy and emerging therapeutics such as immunotherapy and biologic anticancer agents is also addressed. The book will be of high value for practicing radiationoncologists, medical and surgical oncologists, medical physicists, medical dosimetrists, trainees, and other medical professionals.

Dr. Edward Kim is an Associate Professor and Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington. He specializes in the treatment of soft tissue tumors and is experienced with photon therapy, brachytherapy, proton radiotherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and intraoperative radiotherapy. He is a member of the NCCN sarcoma guidelines panel.

Dr. Upendra Parvathaneni is a Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington. He specializes in the management of head and neck tumors, skin cancer, melanoma, and Merkel cell carcinomas utilizing intensity modulated radiotherapy, neutron therapy, and proton therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and other advanced radiotherapy techniques.

Dr. Meng Welliver is an Associate Professor and division director of hematologic maglinancy radiation oncology at OSU. She specializes in treating soft tissue sarcoma, thoracic cancers and lymphoma (including cutaneous lymphoma). She is experienced in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT), Adaptive radiation planning, endobronchial brachytherapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) and other advanced radiotherapy techniques.