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Books/Discounts

Listed below is a list of useful texts for the radiation oncology resident. If a new version of the title is expected, it is indicated in parenthesis.

ARRO has also negotiated discounts for texts at ecampus.com. Aside from their discount prices, Ecampus will feature two radiation oncology related texts every 6 months. These featured texts will have an additional 15% discount and free shipping for ARRO members.

To see the list of texts on Ecampus.com:

  1. Click on "sponsored schools" in the upper right hand corner.
  2. Click on "Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology" at the bottom of the list.
  3. Featured books are listed in the sidebar.
  4. Click "Find Your Books" to see other texts relevant to radiation oncology.
  5. Click on "Sell Your Books" to receive payment for used texts.

General Texts:

AJCC CANCER STAGING MANUAL. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002. (6th edition).

CANCER - PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of ONCOLOGY. Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD, Samuel Hellman, MD, Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001. (sixth edition).

CLINICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Leonard Gunderson, Joel Tepper. Churchill Livingstone, 2000 (new edition out 2004-2005).

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Lawrence Coia, David Moylan. Medical Physics Publishing, 1998. (third edition) Especially useful for first year residents and medical students.

PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Carlos A. Perez, Luther W. Brady. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003. (4th edition).

RADIATION ONCOLOGY: RATIONALE, TECHNIQUES, RESULTS. James Cox, Kian Ang, 2002 (eighth edition).

RADIATION ONCOLOGY- MANAGEMENT DECISIONS. K.S. Clifford Chao, Carlos A. Perez, Luther W. Brady. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001. (second edition)

RADIATION ONCOLOGY FOR CURE AND PALLIATION. Robert Parker. Springer Verlag, Inc. 2003. (first edition)

RADIATION TOXICITY. William Small and Gayle Woloschak, Springer (first edition).

TEXTBOOK of RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Steven A. Leibel, Theodore L. Phillips, W.B. Saunders 2004. (second edition 5/2004).


Radiobiology / Physics:

RADIOBIOLOGY FOR THE RADIOLOGIST. Eric Hall. Publisher: Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia (5th edition), 2000.

THE PHYSICS OF RADIATION THERAPY. Faiz Khan. Publisher: Williams and Wilkins. Baltimore (3rd edition), 2003.

THE PHYSICS OF RADIOLOGY. Harold Johns and John Cunningham. Publisher: Charles Thomas Publishers, Springfield, IL (4th edition), 1983.

RADIOBIOLOGY PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS. Advanced Medical Publishing. 1995-1999. Online at http://www.advmedpub.com/resident.htm

RAPHEX EXAM IN RADIOLOGIC PHYSICS. Advanced Medical Publishing. 1995-2001 (1-608-833-2599) http://www.advmedpub.com/resident.htm


Treatment Planning / Statistics:

TREATMENT PLANNING AND DOSE CALCULATION IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Gunilla Bentel, Charles Nelson, K. Noell. Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Ohio (4th edition), 1991 (1-800-262-4729).

RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING. Gunilla Bentel. Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Ohio (2nd edition), 1995.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Faiz Khan. Publisher: Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore (1st edition), 1997.

INTRODUCTORY MEDICAL STATISTICS. Richard Mould. Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing, Philadelphia (3rd edition), 1998.


Site Specific Texts:

PEDIATRIC RADIATION ONCOLOGY. Edward C. Halperin, Louis S. Constine, Nancy J. Tarbell, Larry E. Kun. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2004. (4th edition 10/2004)

MANAGEMENT OF HEAD AND NECK CANCER: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. Rodney Million, Nicholas Cassisi. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1993. (second edition)

DISEASES OF THE BREAST. Jay Harris, Marc Lippman, Monica Morrow, Samuel Hellman. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000. (second edition)

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. William Hoskins, Carlos Perez, Robert Young. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000. (third edition)

RADIATION THERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS. C.C. Wang. John Wiley and ons, 1997. (third edition)

LUNG CANCER: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. Harvey Pass, James Mitchell, David Johnson, Andrew Turrisi, John Minna. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2000. (second edition)

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