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Table 15.1. The striking feature is the high proportion due to dietary factors and to smoking (30% each). Changing dietary habits could potentially reduce the risk of cancer, possibly by…

Figure 20.29A, B). Figure 20.29 Skin appendage tumours. (A) A sebaceous naevus with an associated basal cell carcinoma. (B) A multiple cylindroma, with a typically non-characteristic appearance. Sebaceous carcinoma is…

Figure 20.28A–C). These tumours develop slowly, but patients are at risk of developing a second malignancy, often non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Most patients are treated with relatively low doses of radiotherapy, such…

Figure evolve 33.1 ). Patients are immobilized in a head shell and treated with lateral-opposed 4–6   MV megavoltage fields which may be centred on outer canthus to minimize divergence into the…

Table 19.1. The most dramatic improvement in the management of side effects was with the development of the 5-hydroxytryptamine antagonist antiemetics. More recently the Neurokinin-1 antagonist aprepitant has improved the…

Figure evolve 16.2) In addition to the malignant potential of adenomas, it is now becoming apparent that large hyperplastic polyps of the right colon, and those with a serrated surface…

Figure 14.1. Figure 14.1 Key quality management principles underpinning ISO 9001:2008. Related posts: descriptors of the radionuclide imaging process Radiation treatment planning: immobilization, localization and verification techniques Principles and practice…

Figure 13.9). The clinical effect really relates to the performance of the machine and making a judgment about how significant treating the patient with the performance compromised to a known…

Figure 19.1) describes the natural history of tumour growth. By the time that a tumour is clinically detectable, the majority of its growth has already occurred. In the early exponential…

Figure 26.27. These are a very heterogeneous group of tumours with widely differing natural histories. Results with surgery and radiotherapy were disappointing with high levels of locoregional and systemic failure….