Product Description
Learn everything you need to know about radiation therapy with the only comprehensive text written for radiation therapy students by radiation therapists. Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy is designed to help you understand cancer management, improve clinical techniques for delivering doses of radiation, and apply complex concepts to treatment planning and delivery. This edition features enhanced learning tools and thoroughly updated content, including three new chapters to inform you of increasingly important technologies and practices. The up-to-date and authoritative coverage of this text make it a resource you'll want to consult throughout your radiation therapy courses and beyond.Complete coverage of radiation therapy provides all introductory content plus the full scope of information on physics, simulation, and treatment planning.This popular and well-reviewed text continues to be regarded by many radiation therapy professionals as a strong, comprehensive, and authoritative source. Contributions from a broad range of practitioners bring you the expertise of radiation therapists, physicians, nurses, administrators, and educators who are part of cancer management teams. Chapters on image guided radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and CT simulation keep you up-to-date with emerging technologies. Objectives, bulleted summaries, and spotlights join an already impressive list of pedagogical features including chapter outlines, key terms, review questions with answers, critical thinking questions, and a complete, updated glossary. Color inserts show significant procedures and imaging technologies clearly.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 4 reviews)

Great by Justin Lee Traywick (Monroe, North Carolina)

5 Stars
September 04, 2009
This book is the bible as far as radiation therapy is concerned. Will use this the whole time I'm in school and probably even after. Great book, this new edition is much improved.

Comprehensive but incohesive by John Doe (Brooklyn, NY USA)

4 Stars
January 01, 2009
This is supposed to be an overview of rad therapy, and it definitely does the job. As it should, it doesn't go into great depth on any one topic. It's broken down into an intro, physics and practical applications. But I did wish the authors spend more time on treatment planning, and perhaps less so on the basics like mathematics, which I would hope most students are proficient in. Because this book is a collection of chapters written by diff authors, the text can get incohesive or repetitive at times. And there are chapters that are written in a convoluted style like pathology. Likewise, I didn't find the physics section particularly cohesive. However, the book does make its money on the practical applications section.

great transaction by Carla R. Rocha (indy)

5 Stars
September 21, 2007
I am happy with my rad ther purchase. it got to me in a timely manner and the book was flawless until about 2 wks in2 class when i began to use the hilitr.

To outdo oneself by C. Jones (Texas)

5 Stars
July 06, 2006
Mr. Washington,whom I know personally as Charles, did any staff member who works in a radiation oncology department, or any student who wants to work in radiation oncology, a great service by revising and updating his three books and combining them into one. As a therapist learning dosimetry this has been an awfully good reference book. I gave my brand new copy as a graduation present to a recently graduated radiologic technologist student who wants to become a radiation therapist. I can't tell you how much he appreciated it.

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