Acute and Long-Term Side-Effects of Radiotherapy

Biologists and radiotherapists present their experimental
work and clinical data in the field of radiation injuries of
normal tissues and organs.         Particular regard is payed to the
relevance of biological mechanisms in      clinical situations.
Principles of radiation damage and combined                  treatment
toxicity in radio-chemotherapy are being explained. The               main
topics discussed are the importance of microvasculature,
time, doseand fractionation and factors modifying clinical
radioresponse for early andlate radiation effects. Tissues
and organs considered in this volume are      mucosa and skin,
lung and heart, bladder and muscle, CNS and eye.               Special
problems of pediatric radiotherapy, TBI, IORT and                           second
malignacies are also mentioned.