Meet the editors

Dr. Badruddeen obtained both a B.Pharm and M.Pharm from Hamdard University, Delhi. He obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Integral University, Lucknow, in 2014. He qualified for GATE in 2005 & 2006. He has expertise in cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and endocrine diseases. Dr. Badruddeen has experience in conducting research on the safety, toxicity, and clinical efficacy of herbal and allopathic drugs. He has many orig-

inal articles in reputed journals to his credit. Dr. Badruddeen is also an editorial board member for several journals. He has supervised a dozen research scholars and is a member of The Indian Science Congress Association, member secretary of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC), coordinator of the Adverse Drug Monitoring Center (AMC), and in charge, of animal house facility, Integral University.

Dr. Usama Ahmad holds a specialization in Pharmaceutics from Amity University, Lucknow, India. He received his Ph.D. from Integral University, Lucknow, India, with his work titled 'Development and evaluation of silymarin nanoformulation for hepatic carcinoma'. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University. He has been teaching PharmD, BPharm, and MPharm students

and conducting research in the novel drug delivery domain. From 2013 to 2014 he worked on a research project funded by SERB-DST, Government of India. He has a rich publication record with more than twenty-four original journal articles, two edited books, four book chapters, and several scientific articles to his credit. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the British Society for Nanomedicine. Dr. Ahmad's research focus is on the development of nanoformulations to facilitate the delivery of drugs.

Dr. Juber Akhtar obtained a BPharm from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, in 2005, MPharm from Manipal University, Karnataka, in 2007, and Ph.D. from Integral University, Lucknow, in 2014. He is currently an associate professor at Integral University. From 2014 to 2016, Dr. Akhtar was head of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University. He also served as chairman cum biological scientist for Institutional Animal Ethics Com-

mittee (IAEC) from October 2015 to May 2017. He has experience teaching abroad and was previously a professor at Buraydah College of Pharmacy and Dentistry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Dr. Akhtar has more than eighty publications in reputed journals and is an editorial board member for many esteemed journals. He has supervised a dozen Ph.D. and MPharm students in research projects. Dr. Akhtar's areas of research interest include the development of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems.

Dr. Mohd Aftab Siddiqui is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University, Lucknow, India, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 2020. He also obtained a BPharm and MPharm from the same university in 2013 and 2015, respectively. His area of research is the pharmacological screening of herbal drugs/natural products in liver cancer and cardiac diseases. He is a member of many professional bodies and Contents

**Section 1**

in Children

*and GisupNikha Prasiko*

Improvement in Brachytherapy?

*and Praveer K.S. Munda*

*by Ion Christian Chiricuta*

*by Katia Manolova Sergieva*

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Radiation Therapy **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 43**

**Chapter 5 49**

Dosimetry **67**

**Chapter 6 69**

**Chapter 7 89**

Volumetric and Dosimetric Inconstancy of Parotid Glands and Tumor

*by Seema Gupta, Shraddha Srivastava, Navin Singh and Arunima Ghosh*

Photodynamic Therapy in Complex Therapy of Retroperitoneal Tumors

Ultrasound-Guided Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer - A Tool for Quality

Modern Radiotherapy Techniques for Breast Cancer Treatment *by Raju Prasad Srivastava, Bidyapati Jha, Hari Prasad Lamichhane* 

*by Rashmi Singh, Anup Kumar, Payal Raina, Rajanigandha Tudu* 

*by N.M. Rostovtsev, V.G. Polyakov and N.E. Kuzmina*

*by Ekkasit Tharavichitkul and Razvan M. Galalae*

Treatment Practices in Optic Nerve Glioma

The Remodeling in Cancer Radiotherapy

Dosimetry Audit in Modern Radiotherapy

in Head and Neck Cancer during IMRT

has guided many MPharm and PharmD research projects. Dr. Siddiqui has many national and international publications and one German patent to his credit.
