Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy LDR-PDR-HDR /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kovács, György (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hoskin, Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Urology.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Medicine & Public Health.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

Prostate brachytherapy has been the subject of heated debate among surgeons and the proponents of the various brachytherapy methods. This very first interdisciplinary book on the subject provides a comprehensive overview of innovations in low dose rate (LDR), high dose rate (HDR), and pulsed dose ra...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Epidemiology of prostate cancer
• Imaging localized prostate cancer
• TRUS volume study imaging for brachytherapy, patient set up and optimize of imaging
• Patient selection and recommendations on permanent seed implantation for localized prostate cancer
• Patient selection and recommendations on HDR
• Seed techniques
• HDR  techniques
• PDR techniques
• Imaging for post-implant dosimetry
• Pre-planning for permanent implantation
• Intra-operative seed planning
• Intra-operative HDR planning
• Seeds versus HDR
• Post-implant dosimetry
• Incidence and prognostic factors for complication
• Clinical implications of DVH analysis
• QA for brachytherapy
• Management of side effects and complications
• Radiation protection issues
• Results of seed treatment
• HDR results
• PDR results
• Salvage treatment.