Locoregional Radionuclide Cancer Therapy
Clinical and Scientific Aspects
Editors: Wong, Franklin C.L. (Ed.)
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This book reviews locoregional radionuclide cancer therapies (LRCT). Proving an increasingly viable alternative to radiotherapy, radionuclide therapy includes a diversity of choices of well characterized biochemical and physiologic target molecules. The delivery and retention of radionuclides may be monitored by advanced imaging for exact tissue localization and for real-time dosimetry to enable personalized precision medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals in human cancer therapies are typically delivered in systemic routes but can also be designed for locoregional routes to harness pharmacokinetic advantages of higher payload and lower systemic toxicities. This book explores the latest advancements and clinical considerations of the locoregional approach.
Throughout the chapters, the clinical and scientific bases of cancer treatment and the locoregional use of radionculides are explored. Mathematical models of radiation dosimetry of locoregional radionculdies on tissues are studied using common models for multiple commercially available radionuclides. Rodent and canine tumor models of LRCT are compared for selected radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals. The practical aspects of radiopharmaceuticals production, marketing, transport, as well as radiation protection are reviewed. Finally, the combination of LRCT with immunotherapy and other cancer therapies and prospective future use of LRCT are discussed.
This is a guide for practicing nuclear physicians, interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, radiation scientists, veterinarians and oncologists to expand their knowledge base and to prepare for designing locoregional radionuclide cancer therapies in animals and in humans.
- About the authors
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Franklin C. L. Wong
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
USA
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Human Cancer: Epidemiology, Hallmarks, and Defense Strategies
Pages 1-15
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Cancer Treatment Modalities Systemic and Locoregional Approaches: Challenges and Opportunities of Multidisciplinary Approaches
Pages 17-37
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Cancer Radiotherapy: General Considerations and Human Radiobiology
Pages 39-59
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Radionuclide Cancer Therapy: Unsealed Alpha- and Beta-Emitters
Pages 61-87
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Locoregional Therapy: Cancer Interventions with and Without Radionuclides
Pages 89-109
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Locoregional Radionuclide Cancer Therapy
- Book Subtitle
- Clinical and Scientific Aspects
- Editors
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- Franklin C.L. Wong
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-56267-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-56267-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-56266-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 268
- Number of Illustrations
- 20 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
- Topics
