Forward
Steven D. Wexner, MD
Section I: Role of Pelvic Radiation
Chapter 1
The Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Gynaecological Tumors
Tamer Refaat and William Small Jr.
Chapter 2
Role of radiation in urological malignancies
Eric D. Donnelly and Bryan David Macrie
Chapter 3
Role of radiation in rectal cancers
Angelita Habr-Gama and Jose Marcio Neves Jorge
Chapter 4
Prevention of injury from pelvic irradiation
Michelle S. Gentile and William Small Jr
Section II Consequences of pelvic radiation and their treatment
Chapter 5
Pathology of Radiation Effects on Healthy Tissues in the Pelvis
Curtis Ray Hall
Chapter 6
Contribution of chemotherapy to the toxicity of pelvic irradiation
Amikar Sehdev and Robert de W. Marsh
Chapter 7
Radiation cystitis: Acute and Chronic
Surendra B. Kolla and Atreya Dash
Chapter 8
Acute and chronic radiation enteropathy
Eli D. Ehrenpreis and Amir Patel
Chapter 9
Radiation proctopathy
Andrew Mazulis and Eli D. Ehrenpreis
Chapter 10
Effects of Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer on Anorectal Function
Jose Marcio Neves Jorge, Angelita Habr-Gama, and Leonardo A. Bustamante
Chapter 11
Effects and management of pelvic radiation on female reproductive system: Sexual dysfunction, fertility effects, and premature menopause
Claudine Domoney and Dimitrios Nikolaou
Chapter 12
Miscellaneous pelvic effects: Pelvic/sacral insufficiency fractures
Nickolas B. Reimer, Lucas M. Nystrom, and Cooper W. Dean
Chapter 13
Radiation Induced Lumbosacral Plexopathy
Ryan T. Merrell
Section III Treatment and Prevention of pelvic radiation injury
Chapter 14
The management of radiation cystitis
Joshua A. Cohn, Kyle A. Richards, and Gary D. Steinberg
Chapter 15
Medical management of Radiation Effects on the Intestines
Parakkal Deepak and Eli D. Ehrenpreis &nbs
About the Author:
Eli D. Ehrenpreis, MD
Director, Center for the Study of Complex Disease
Staff Gastroenterologist
NorthShore University Health System
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Chicago Medical School
NorthShore University Health System
Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division
Highland Park, Il
Robert de W. Marsh, MD FACP
Chief, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Department of Medicine
NorthShore University Health System
Clinical Professor
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
1 Highland Park Hospital, 777 Park Avenue West
Highland Park, IL
William Small, Jr., MD, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO
Professor and Vice Chairman
Department of Radiation Oncology
Associate Medical Director
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
303 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
