Stephen Lutz & Edward Chow 
Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care 

‘This textbook, Radiation Oncology in
Palliative Cancer Care, represents the full evolution of
radiation therapy, and of oncology in general. ( … ) [It] is
an acknowledgment that palliative radiotherapy is now a
sub-specialty of radiation oncology. This formally makes palliative
radiotherapy a priority within patient care, academic research,
quality assurance, and medical education.’ – From
the Foreword by Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA, National Center for
Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX, USA

Palliative Medicine is the professional medical practice of
prevention and relief of suffering and the support of the best
possible quality of life for patients and their families,
regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other
therapies. The most common cause for palliative care referral is
terminal cancer, and a large proportion of those referrals include
patients who will need palliative radiotherapy during the course of
their disease. Still, there are barriers to coordinated care
between radiation oncologists and palliative care physicians that
differ from one country to another. Until now, one overarching
limitation to appropriate concurrent care between the specialties
across all countries has been the lack of a comprehensive yet
concise reference resource that educates each of the specialties
about the potential synergistic effects of their cooperation. This
book fills that void.

Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care:

* Is the first book-length treatment of this important topic
available on the market

* Is authored by world-renowned experts in radiation oncology and
palliative medicine

* Uses a multidisciplinary approach to content and patient
treatment

* Features decision trees for palliative radiotherapy based upon
factors such as patient performance status and prognosis

* Pays careful attention to current best practices and
controversies in the delivery of end-of-life cancer care

This book is an important resource for practicing radiation
oncologists and radiation oncologists in training, as well as
hospice and palliative medicine physicians and nurses, medical
oncologists, and geriatricians.

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Contributors

Foreword

Part 1 General principles of radiation oncology

A Brief History of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Joshua Jones

The Radiobiology of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Candice Johnstone

The Physics of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Shaun Baggarley & Jiade Lu

Curative Intent versus Purely Palliative Intent Radiation Oncology
Vassilios Vassiliou & Haris Charalambous

Side Effects of Palliative Radiation Oncology
Alysa Fairchild

Part 2 General principles of palliation and symptom control

6 A History of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Michelle Winslow & Marcia Meldrum

7 The Current Status of Hospice
Charles F. von Gunten, Frank D. Ferris, & A.J. Mundt

8 The Current Status of Palliative Care
Tom Smith & Susannah Yovino

9 Pain Management
Erin Mc Menamin

10 Palliative Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Henry Ddungu & Elizabeth Barnes

Part 3 Locally advanced or locally recurrent diseases

11 Primary Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Caroline Chung & Eric Chang

12 Head & Neck Cancer
Albert Tiong & June Corry

13 Breast Cancer
Ian Kunkler

14 Lung Cancer
George Rodrigues & Benjamin Movsas

15 Gastrointestinal and Colorectal Cancer
Rob Glynne-Jones & Mark Harrison

16 Genitourinary Malignancies
Gillian Duchesne

17 Gynecologic Cancer
Firuza Patel

18 Hematologic Malignancies
David Howell

19 Pediatric Cancers
Tamara Vern-Gross

Part 4 Metastatic Disease

20 Metastatic Bone Disease
Yvette van der Linden & Dirk Rades

21 Spinal Cord Compression
Ernesto Maranzano & Fabio Trippa

22 Brain metastases
May Tsao

23 Liver Metastases
Sean Bydder

24 Malignant Neuropathic Pain, Adrenal, Choroidal and Skin Metastases
Daniel E Roos & Aaron H. Wolfson

Part 5 Integration of Radiation Oncology and Palliative Care

25 Design Challenges in Palliative Radiotherapy Clinical Trials
Deb Watkins Bruner & Lawrence Berk

26 Radiation Oncology Cost Effectiveness
Andre Konski

27 Quality measures of palliative radiotherapy
James Hayman, Rinaa Punglia & Anushree M. Vichare

28 Technologically Advanced Palliative Radiation Oncology
Simon Lo, Bin S. Teh, Samuel T. Chao, Arjun Sahgal, Nina A. Mayr & Eric L. Chang

Giới thiệu về tác giả

Stephen Lutz is one of only a small number of Radiation Oncologists who is also board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.?He has served as the liaison between the US radiotherapy and palliative care communities for the past several years. His main research interests have included the formation of palliative radiotherapy treatment guidelines as well as the collaboration between the two specialties with regard to research, education, and patient advocacy.

Edward Chow is a Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto?and is a senior scientist in the Sunnybrook Research Institute. He is Chair of the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program and Bone Metastases Site Group in the Odette Cancer Center at?Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

Peter Hoskin is a UK clinical oncologist with long standing research interests in palliative radiotherapy, in particular the management of bone metastases and spinal cord compression. He was a clinical research fellow in Palliative Medicine working in opioid pharmacology before focusing his interests in clinical oncology and was Chair of the International Consensus in Palliative Radiotherapy in 2000 and ESTRO Co-chair in 2010. He has written extensively on the role of radiotherapy in palliative care in original publications and major book chapters.