Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice, second edition 2/e

SCION PUBLISHING LTDISBN: 9781914962226

A Pocket Guide

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By Lucy Austin, Teresa Howe, Sian Jamison
Imprint: LANTERN PUBLISHING LTD
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SPIRAL BOUND
Pages:
74

Description

1. The correct uniform

2. Radiotherapy treatment room

3. Immobilisation devices

4. Hospital bins

5. Top tips for your radiotherapy placement

6. Sharps bin

7. How to make a permanent skin mark (tattoo) when in pre-treatment

8. Effective communication

9. First day chat

10. Couch moves

11. Isocentre calculations

12. Laser positioning

13. Before setting up the patient

14. How to align the tattoos

15. Naming different beam angles

16. How can cancer spread?

17. Typical radiotherapy techniques

17.1 Radical prostate

17.2 Radical breast

17.3 Radical bladder

17.4 Radical lung

17.5 Radical rectum

18. Tolerance doses

19. What is SABR?

20. What is brachytherapy?

21. What is electron treatment?

22. What is orthovoltage and superficial X-ray therapy?

23. What is IGRT?

24. What is IMRT?

25. Radiotherapy treatment pathway

26. What is hormone therapy?

27. What is immunotherapy?

28. What is chemotherapy?

29. Chemotherapy side-effects

30. Radiotherapy side-effects

31. Blood values

32. Radiotherapy manufacturers

33. Basic anatomy

34. Vertebral levels

35. Manual handling

36. Infection control

37. Basic life support

38. The recovery position

39. Medical terminology



 



 



 



 


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