High Energy Electrons in Radiation Therapy

Opening Address.- Physical Section.- Computer Treatment Planning of Lung Radiation by Means of High Energy Electrons.- Electron Beam Quality Parameters and Absorbed Dose Distributions from Therapy Accelerators.- Surface Dose in Electron Beams and Association with High Energy X-Ray Beams.- Electronic Wedge Filter for the Asklepitron 45.- Magnetic Field Modification of Electron Beam Dose Distributions in Inhomogeneous Media.- Conclusions of the Physical Section.- Clinical Section.- Clinical Radiobiology.- Indications for Electron Beam Therapy.- The Electron Beam Therapy for Malignant Tumors: Indications and Limitations.- Electron Therapy for Cutaneous Epitheliomas.- Electron Beam Therapy in England.- Fast Electrons in Treatment of Cancer of the Paranasal Sinuses.- Electron Therapy in Patients with Extensive Lip Cancer.- Tumors of the Salivary Glands.- Importance of High Speed Electrons in the Treatment of Lymph Node Metastases.- Electron Therapy as a Postoperative Modality for Head and Neck Cancers.- The Place of Electron Therapy in Curative Treatment of Operable Breast Cancer.- Electron Beam Therapy of Advanced and Recurrent Breast Cancer.- Postoperative Treatment of Breast Cancer.- Carcinoma of the Bladder Treated with High Energy (33 MeV) Electrons.- Clinical Applications of High Energy Electron Beams: the Pancreas, Pleura, and Spine.- Electron Therapy in Tumors of the Digestive Tract.- Soft Tissue Sarcomas Treated by Electron Beams.- Surgical Results After Preoperative Radiotherapy of Tumors of the Head and Neck.- Treatment of Recurrences After Irradiation or Operation plus Irradiation.- Electron Treatment of Pemphigus Familiaris Chronicus Benignus (Hailey-Hailey Disease).- Final Report.