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Taylor & Francis Radioimmunotherapy of Cancer 2000 Edition by Paul G. Abrams, Alan R. Fritzberg
Reflecting the past 20 years of intense research in radioimmunotherapy, this timely reference surveys an expansive breadth of topics on the evolving developments in radiation therapy. Placed in the context of advances in cancer treatment, chapters progress systematically from basic principles and properties of radionuclides to detailed summaries of current cancer therapy. With contributions from nearly 50 international experts and containing over 1300 literature references, drawings, photographs, tables, and equations, Radioimmunotherapy of Cancer is an invaluable and indispensable reference for physicians in nuclear medicine and medical physicists oncologists, radiologists, radiochemists, and radiopharmacists immunologists, pulmonologists, and cancer researchers pharmacologists and drug delivery pharmaceutical chemists and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and medical school students in these disciplines. Table of contents : - Radionuclides for RadioimmunotherapyDosimetric Principles of Targeted RadiotherapyJoseph A. O'DonoghueRadionuclide Dosimetry and Radioimmunotherapy of CancerRuby F. Meredith, Donald J. Buchsbaum, and Susan J. KnoxMetallic Radionuclides for RadioimmunotherapyAlan R. Fritzberg and Claude F. MearesRadiohalogens for RadioimmunotherapyMichael R. ZalutskyDelivery of Radiation to TumorsTumor Architecture and Targeted DeliveryHarold F. Dvorak, Janice A. Nagy, Dian Feng, and Ann M. DvorakAntibodies and Novel Constructs for Tumor TargetingDale C. Slavin-Chiorini, Patricia Horan Hand, and John W. GreinerPretargeted Radioimmunotherapy of CancerMarco Chinol, Chiara Grana, Roberto Gennari, Marta Cremonesi, J. G. Geraghty, and Giovanni PaganelliEvolution of a Pretarget Radioimmunotherapeutic RegimenLouis J. Theodore, Alan R. Fritzberg, Jody E. Schultz, and Donald B. AxworthyExtracorporeal Techniques in RadioimmunotherapySven-Erik Strand, Jan G. Tennvall, Hans-Olov Sjoegren, JianQing Chen, Michael Garkavij, Cecilia Hindorf, Rune Nilsson, and Bengt E. B. SandbergTargeted Radiotherapy of CancerRadioimmunotherapy in the Treatment of Non-Hodgkin's LymphomaMonica S. Krieger, Paul L. Weiden, O. Press, G. L. DeNardo, and Hazel B. BreitzRadioimmunotherapy of Solid TumorsHazel B. Breitz, Paul L. Weiden, and Paul L. BeaumierIntraperitoneal Radioimmunotherapy of Ovarian CancerKonstantinos N. Syrigos and Agamemnon A. EpenetosTargeted Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Osteosarcoma: Radiobiological Basis, Clinical Status, and Future ProspectsOyvind S. Bruland and Alexander PihlTargeted Radiotherapy of NeuroblastomaCornelis A. HoefnagelTargeted Radiotherapy of Squamous Head and Neck Guus A. M. S. van Dongen, Frank B. van Gog, Ruud H. Brakenhoff, Jasper J. Quak, Remco de Bree, Gerard W. M. Visser, and Gordon B. Snow