Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors

Part I. Fundamentals

1. Liver Anatomy and Function
Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Avash Kalra, Scott W. Biggins

2. Imaging Characteristics of Normal Liver and Liver Tumors
Ali A. Haydar, Layla Antoine Nasr, Hero K. Hussain

3. Assessment of Liver Function: Focus on the ALBI Score
Philip J. Johnson, Harun Khan, Sarah Berhane

4. Radiation Sensitivity of the Liver: Models and Clinical Data
Issam El Naqa, Kyle Cuneo, Dawn Owen, Theodore S. Lawrence, Randall K. Ten Haken

5. Radiation Oncology: Fundamentals and Controversies
Jeffrey Meyer, Tracey E. Schefter

Part II. Principles of Surgery, Intra-arterial Therapies, and Thermal Ablation

6. Surgical Considerations
Ana Luiza Mandelli Gleisner

7. Principles of Intra-Arterial Therapies
Keshav M. Menon, Ankaj Khosla, Clayton K. Trimmer

8. Principles of Thermal Ablation
Camille L. Stewart, Barish H. Edil, Robert K. Ryu, M. Reza Rajebi

Part III. Principles of Radiation Therapy

9. External Beam Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Simulation, Treatment Planning, and Advanced Delivery Techniques
David C. Westerly, Karyn A. Goodman

10. Particle Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Simulation and Treatment Planning
Matthew Knecht, Andrew Wroe, Gary Y Yang

11. Yttrium-90 Selective Internal Radiation Therapy
D. Thor Johnson, Adam Leon Kesner

12. Interstitial Brachytherapy for Liver Tumors: Practical Issues
Michael R. Folkert, Brian Hrycushko

Part IV. Hepatocellular Carcinoma

13. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data
Amit G Singal, Purva Gopal, Adam C Yopp

14. Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical Data
Erqi L. Pollom, Yushen Qian, Julie L. Koenig, Albert C. Koong, Daniel T. Chang

Part V. Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

15. Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas: Epidemiology, Basic Principles of Treatment, and Clinical Data
S. Lindsey Davis

16. Radiation Therapy for Intrahepatic and Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Clinical Data
Sagar A. Patel, Florence K. Keane, Theodore S. Hong

Part VI. Liver Metastases

17. Liver Metastases: Basic Principles of Treatment and Clinical Data
Matthew R. Porembka, Michael A. Choti

18. Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastases: Clinical Data
Morten Høyer

Part VII. Perspectives on Multidisciplinary Management

19. Multidisciplinary Model for Liver Tumors
Cheryl Meguid, Tracey E. Schefter

Part VIII. Future Directions

20. Radiation Therapy for Liver Tumors: Future Directions
Eric A. Mellon, Gilbert Murimwa, Sarah E. Hoffe

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Radiotherapy, Abdominal Surgery, Oncology