Radiobiology for the Radiologist 7/e

Section I: For Students of Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Oncology

1. Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Absorption
2. Molecular Mechanisms of DNA and Chromosome Damage and Repair
3. Cell Survival Curves
4. Radiosensitivity and Cell Age in the Mitotic Cycle
5. Fractionated Radiation and the Dose-Rate Effect
6. Oxygen Effect and Reoxygenation
7. Linear Energy Transfer and Relative Biologic Effectiveness
8. Acute Radiation Syndrome
9. Radioprotectors
10. Radiation Carcinogenesis
11. Heritable Effects of Radiation
12. Effects of Radiation on the Embryo and Fetus
13. Radiation Cataractogenesis
14. Radiological Terrorism
15. Molecular Imaging
16. Doses and Risks in Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, and Nuclear Medicine
17. Radiation Protection

Section II: For Students of Radiation Oncology
18. Cancer Biology
19. Dose뻉esponse Relationships for Model Normal Tissues
20. Clinical Response of Normal Tissues
21. Model Tumor Systems
22. Cell, Tissue, and Tumor Kinetics
23. Time, Dose, and Fractionation in Radiotherapy
24. Retreatment after Radiotherapy: The Possibilities and the Perils.
25. Alternative Radiation Modalities
26. The Biology and Exploitation of Tumor Hypoxia
27. Chemotherapeutic Agents from the Perspective of the Radiation Biologist
28. Hyperthermia