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This volume is the first truly international text to take the practitioner from the history, the physical basis, and the rationale of brachytherapy through to the techniques, the results, and the management of complications. It is also the first truly comprehensive and complete textbook of brachytherapy. The chapters on the physics of brachytherapy and the technical planning of internal and surface radiotherapy are designed to enhance the practitioner’s knowledge base and capabilities in this demanding specialty field. Disease site-specific chapters cover a wide range of applications, including ocular tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, cancers of the head and neck, skin, breast, lung, esophagus, and prostate, and gynecologic and anorectal malignancies. Each chapter incorporates the American and European guidelines and the text has been written from both perspectives by many of the most noted global experts in the field. A concluding chapter is devoted to brachytherapy quality assurance.

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Author:   Paolo Montemaggi ,  Mark Trombetta ,  Luther W. Brady
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.314kg
ISBN:  

9783319267890

ISBN 10:   3319267892
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   09 May 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

​Introduction.- History of Brachytherapy.- Physics: Physics of Brachytherapy.- Low Energy Brachytherapy Physics.- Balloon Brachytherapy Physics.- Ocular.- Head and Neck.- Skin.- Sarcoma.- Breast.- Interstitial.- Intracavitary Balloon.- Permanent Breast Seed implant (PBSI).- Management of Ipsilateral Breast tumor Recurrence (IBTR).- Thoracic: Lung and chest Wall.- Esophagus.- Hepatic Brachytherapy.- Gynecologic: Corpus Uteri.- Cervix.- Vulva.- Vagina.- Image Guidance in Gynecologic Brachytherapy.- Prostate: Low Dose Rate Interstitial.- High Dose Rate Interstitial.- Rectum and  Anus.- Brachytherpay Quality Assurance.- Index.

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