ADVANCES IN RADIATION BIOLOGY

By G. PAUNK

CONTENTS SECTION I BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY AND RADIOSENSITIZATION 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION THERAPY OF CANCERS 2 BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF RADIOSENSITIZATION 3 PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION OF HYPERTHERMIA COMBINED WITH RADIATION SECTION II SYNTHESIS, SAFETY, AND IMAGING OF NANOMATERIALS FOR CANCER APPLICATIONS 4 SYNTHESIS AND SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NANOMATERIALS FOR TUMOR TARGETING 5 SAFETY CONCERNS FOR NANOMATERIALS IN NANOMEDICINAL APPLICATIONS 6 IMAGING WITH NANOPARTICLES 7 OPTICAL MICROSCOPY OF PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES 8 X-RAY FLUORESCENCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF NANOPARTICLES SECTION III NANOMATERIALS FOR RADIATION THERAPY 9 GOLD NANOPARTICLE–MEDIATED RADIOSENSITIZATION 10 QUANTIFICATION OF GOLD NANOPARTICLE–MEDIATED RADIATION DOSE ENHANCEMENT 11 SEMICONDUCTOR NANOMATERIALS FOR RADIOTHERAPY 12 RADIOACTIVE GOLD NANOPARTICLES FOR TUMOR THERAPY 13 NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE RADIOPROTECTION OF NORMAL TISSUES SECTION IV NANOMATERIALS FOR HYPERTHERMIA AND THERMAL THERAPY 14 GOLD NANOPARTICLE–MEDIATED HYPERTHERMIA IN CANCER THERAPY 15 MAGNETIC RESONANCE TEMPERATURE IMAGING FOR GOLD NANOPARTICLE–MEDIATED THERMAL THERAPY 16 MODELING OF PLASMONIC HEAT GENERATION FROM GOLD NANOPARTICLES 17 CARBON NANOTUBES FOR THERMAL THERAPY SECTION V FUTURE OUTLOOK 18 REGULATORY ISSUES FOR CLINICAL TRANSLATIONS 19 CLINICAL TRANSLATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: PRESENT AND FUTURE OUTLOOK