Title:
Human radiation injury
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011
Physical Description:
xix, 533 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9781605470115
Subject Term:
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Summary
Summary
Human Radiation Injury 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.
A companion website offers the fully searchable text and an image bank.
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 |
