Robotic Radiosurgery. Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ponsky, Lee E. (Editor), Fuller, Donald B. (Editor), Meier, Robert M. (Editor), Ma, Charlie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among North American and European men, but its treatment continues to be problematic owing to serious side-effects, including erectile dysfunction,  urinary incontinence, and potential lower GI complicatons. Robotic radiosurgery offers a novel, rapid, non-in...