Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy

LDR-PDR-HDR

György Kovács, Peter Hoskin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
VI, 260 Seiten
2013 | 2013
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-36498-3 (ISBN)
139,09 inkl. MwSt
This book surveys innovations in low dose rate, high dose rate and pulsed dose rate interstitial brachytherapy for management of prostate cancer. Covers patient selection, imaging in diagnostics, treatment guidance and implantation, quality assurance and more.

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 rate (PDR) interstitial brachytherapy for the management of local or locally advanced prostate cancer. In addition to detailed chapters on patient selection and the use of imaging in diagnostics, treatment guidance, and implantation control, background chapters are included on related medical physics issues such as treatment planning and quality assurance. The results obtained with the different treatment options and the difficult task of salvage treatment are fully discussed. All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts who for more than a decade have formed the teaching staff responsible for the successful GEC-ESTRO/EAU Prostate Brachytherapy Teaching Course.

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.

From the reviews:

"It gives a concise overview of the various techniques and equipment used in HDR, LDR and PDR treatments, and has a very good coverage of imaging for diagnosis and treatment planning, indicating how this will progress in the future. ... the clear style makes it suitable for students of any discipline, and the imaging chapters are good, but it is more suited to clinicians with only a token coverage of the physics involved ... ." (Keri Owen, SCOPE, Vol. 23 (1), March, 2014)

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.7.2013
Zusatzinfo VI, 260 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 524 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Urologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Schlagworte Brachytherapie • Brachytherapy of localized prostate cancer • Brachytherapy treatment planning • Imaging for brachytherapy in prostate cancer • LDR-PDR-HDR prostate brachytherapy • Prostata • Prostata / Vorsteherdrüse • Radiaton Oncology • Salvage treatment of local recurrent prostate canc • Salvage treatment of local recurrent prostate cancer
ISBN-10 3-642-36498-5 / 3642364985
ISBN-13 978-3-642-36498-3 / 9783642364983
Zustand Neuware
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