Author : Roger G. Dale
Publisher : British Inst of Radiology
ISBN 13 : 090574960X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)
Book Synopsis Radiobiological Modelling in Radiation Oncology by : Roger G. Dale
Download or read book Radiobiological Modelling in Radiation Oncology written by Roger G. Dale and published by British Inst of Radiology. This book was released on 2007 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The move towards individually-optimised treatments, using knowledge of normal tissue and tumour radiosensitivity, proliferation rates, etc, in combination with three-dimensional planning, will need mathematical modelling to achieve its full potential. This modelling process will also be capable of helping develop a rational and cost-effective use of resources.Amongst radiation oncologists and medical physicists there is a need for a greater understanding of the scope, applications and limitations of radiobiological modelling, particularly in complex situations that include multiple treatment variables, the respective influence of which are difficult to separate out by randomised trials without using radiobiologically-based analysis.In future there will be increasing use of modelling in practical situations, including treatment gap corrections, normal tissue tolerance predictions, optimisation of therapy determined by predictive assays, multi-modality schedule design, the simulation of clinical trials, testing contemporaneous medico-legal problems and teaching general principals of radiotherapy.