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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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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| Online Zugang: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36499-0 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.