Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy LDR-PDR-HDR /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kovács, György (Editor ), Hoskin, Peter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Temas:
Radiology.
Oncology.
Nuclear physics.
Urology.
Nuclear Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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