Decision Tools for Radiation Oncology Prognosis, Treatment Response and Toxicity /

A look at the recent oncology literature or a search of one of the common databases reveals a steadily increasing number of nomograms and other prognostic models, some of which are also available in the form of web-based tools. These models may predict the risk of relapse, lymphatic spread of a give...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nieder, Carsten. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gaspar, Laurie E. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Radiation Oncology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37102-8
Table of Contents:
  • Prognosis and Predictive Factors for Tumours and Organs at risk: Background and Purpose
  • Specific issues for prognostic factors related to radiotherapy
  • Role of ICT in decision models
  • Statistics of Prediction of survival and toxicity and Nomogram Development
  • Treatment decisions based on Gene Signatures: Methods and Caveats
  • Brain tumors
  • Head and neck cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Lung cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Gastric cancer
  • Pancreas and biliary tract cancer
  • Liver cancer and metastases
  • Rectal and anal cancer
  • Cervix and corpus uteri, vulva and vaginal cancers
  • Bladder cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Sarcomas
  • Lymphomas
  • Brain metastases
  • Bone metastases.