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New eBook: Khan’s Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology

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The fifth edition of Khan’s Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology has been added to the library’s collection. This is a comprehensive text of the clinical, physical, and technical aspects of radiation treatment planning. 

Khan’s Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology incorporates the most up-to-date imaging techniques and radiation treatment modalities used to treat patients with cancer. The fifth edition contains new chapters on patient safety, knowledge-based treatment planning and the treatment planning implications of combined radiation and immunotherapy.

MSKCC contributors include Dr. Gig S. Mageras, Dr. Ellen D. Yorke, Dr. Guang Li, and Dr. Andrew Jackson.

New eBook — Modern Breast Cancer Imaging

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Modern Breast Cancer Imaging has recently been added to the MSKCC Library’s collection. This text offers practical guidance on selecting the best imaging modality and provides decision-making support for the treatment and monitoring of breast cancer patients. 

This book provides updated information on breast cancer, such as the modern molecular classification and staging, and demonstrates how imaging with pathologic correlation can be used in management decisions. In addition, it identifies the most suitable imaging modalities for screening, diagnosis, and monitoring for each clinical case.

New eBook: Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures

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The Library has recently acquired the 5th edition of the Handbook of Interventional Radiologic Procedures. This handbook covers indications, contraindications, preparation, technique, post-procedure management, and prevention and management of complications. This text is useful for interventional and general radiologists, but also for fellows and residents in training, IR nurses, and special procedure technologists.

Key concepts and features include how to perform all current interventional radiologic procedures, content on risk management, nursing management, and drugs and dosages, and information on vascular access and catheter-directed angiography, trans-arterial procedures, trans-venous procedures, non-vascular procedures, and intra-procedural patient management.