Walter & Miller's Textbook of Radiotherapy: Radiation Physics, Therapy and Oncology, 6e [Hardcover]

C. K. Bomford BSc MPhil CPhys FInstP FIPSM (Author), Ian H. Kunkler MA MB BChir MRCP(UK) DMR(T) FRCR (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0443062013 | ISBN-13: 978-0443062018 | Publication Date: November 18, 2002 | Edition: 6

A comprehensive textbook of radiotherapy and related radiation physics and oncology for use by all health care team members involved in the use of radiation and cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of patients with malignant disease. Best known as Walter and Miller, over the years this book has become the core text for therapeutic radiography students and an important introductory text for trainee radiologists and clinical physicists. It is divided into 2 parts: the first covers underlying principles of physics and the second part deals with radiotherapy and oncology.

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Robert Colman MD FRCP
Professor of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Centre, YCR Department of Clinical Oncology,Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Martin Errington MB ChB MA FRCR MRCP
Consultant Radiologist, Imaging Directorate, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

John R. Goepel MB ChB FRCPath
Consultant Histopathologist, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield TeachingHospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

B.W. Hancock MD FRCP FRCR DCH
Professor of Clinical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Duncan McLaren BSc MB BS MRCP FRCR
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Western General Hopsital, Edinburgh, UK

Trevor J. McMillan BSc PhD HonMRCP
Peel Professor of Cancer Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Univesity, UK

David Radstone BA DipDroit Compare-Solicitor of the Supreme Court MB BS DHRT FRCR
Consultant in Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hopsital, Sheffield; Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Martin Robinson MD FRCP FRCR
Senior Lecturer Clinical Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Roger Taylor MA FRCP FRCR
Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hopsitals, West Yorkshire

Product Details

• Hardcover: 660 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 6 edition (November 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443062013
• ISBN-13: 978-0443062018
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,977,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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