Principles and Practice of Radiotherapy Techniques in Thoracic Malignancies

Selection criteria for definitive treatment approach in thoracic malignancies of Radiation Oncology perspectives.- Guidelines for the delineation of primary tumor target volume in lung cancer.- Guidelines for the delineation of lymphatics target volumes in lung cancer.- Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy for early stage and metastatic NSCLC.- Stereotactic radiosurgery for metastatic NSCLC.- Surgical staging and advanced surgical techniques in early stage NSCLC.- Modern radiotherapy techniques in locally advanced NSCLC.- Radiochemotherapy and fractionation in locally advanced NSCLC.- Systemic therapy in the management of NSCLC & SCLC.- Modernradiotherapy techniques in limited and extensive stage SCLC.- Cranial prophylaxis in SCLC and NSCLC.- Translational research and immunotherapy in lung cancer.- Target volume delineation guidelines in esophageal cancer.- Surgery and advanced surgical techniques in esophageal cancers.- Modern radiotherapy tehniques in esophageal cancers.-Systemic therapies in esophageal cancers.- Target volume delineation guidelines in thymic malignancies.- Surgery in thymic malignancies.- Modern radiotherapy techniques in thymic malignancies.- Systemic therapies in thymic malignancies.- Target volume delineation guidelines in malignant pleuralmesothelioma.- Surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma.- Modern radiotherapy techniques in malignant pleuralmesothelioma.- Systemic therapies in malignant pleural mesothelioma.- Radiation induced toxicity and related strategy on lung, heart, esophagus, and cord.- Stereotactic ablative and intensity modulated proton therapy for thoracic Malignancies.- Quality assurance of modern radiotherapy techniques.

Gokhan Ozyigit graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (English) in 1996 and then obtained ECFMG Certification in the USA. In 2001 he completed his Residency at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Hacettepe University. He later became a Research Fellow at the Departments of Radiation Oncology at Washington University and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In 2004 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology at Hacettepe University and in 2006 became an Associate Professor there. He is currently Chair at the Department of Radiation Oncology and Director of Advanced Cancer Technologies Research&Application Center at Hacettepe University. Dr. Ozyigit is an editorial board member of several international journals. He is also a reviewer or advisor for a number of other international journals, co-editor of six previous books, and has authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. He received several national awards in the field of Oncology.