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Title Handbook of image-guided brachytherapy / Jyoti Mayadev, Stanley H. Benedict, Mitchell Kamrava, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

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Contents 880-01 Part I: Radiobiology and Physics of Image-Guided Brachytherapy -- Radiobiology of Brachytherapy -- General Physics Principles in Brachytherapy -- Treatment Delivery Technology for Brachytherapy -- Image Guidance Systems for Brachytherapy -- Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy -- Part II: Clinical Applications of Image-Guided Brachytherapy -- Anesthesia and Procedural Care for Brachytherapy -- Breast Brachytherapy -- Eye Plaque Brachytherapy -- Head and Neck Brachytherapy -- Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Esophageal Cancer -- Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anal and Rectal Cancer -- Image Guided LDR Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer -- High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer -- Gynecologic Cancer and HDR Brachytherapy: Cervical, Endometrial, Vaginal, Vulva -- Skin Brachytherapy -- Sarcoma and HDR Brachytherapy: Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma -- Image Guided BrachyAblation (IGBA) for Liver Metastases and Primary Liver Cancers -- Central Nervous System Brachytherapy -- Lung Brachytherapy
880-01/(S Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Radiobiology and Physics of Image-Guided Brachytherapy; Chapter 1: Radiobiology of Brachytherapy; Basic Radiobiological Principles; DNA Damage; Cell Death; DNA Damage Tracking; Linear Quadratic Equation; Dose-Response Curves; Survival Curve Analysis: The α/β Ratio; The Differences Between External Beam Radiation Therapy and Brachytherapy; Brachytherapy Applications; Dose Rates; Radiobiological Effect of Different Dose Rates
Summary This handbook provides a clinically relevant, succinct, and comprehensive overview of image-guided brachytherapy. Throughout the last decade, the utility of image guidance in brachytherapy has increased to enhance procedural development, treatment planning, and radiation delivery in an effort to optimize safety and clinical outcomes. Organized into two parts, the book discusses physics and radiobiology principles of brachytherapy as well as clinical applications of image-guided brachytherapy for various disease sites (central nervous system, eye, head and neck, breast, lung, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, sarcoma, and skin). It also describes the incorporation of imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and ultrasound into brachytherapy procedures and planning. Featuring procedural and anesthesia care, extensive images, contouring examples, treatment planning techniques, and dosimetry for the comprehensive treatment for each disease site, Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy is a valuable resource for practicing radiation oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, residents, and medical students
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Radioisotope brachytherapy.
Image-guided radiation therapy.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
Brachytherapy
Radiation Oncology
Oncology.
Gynaecology & obstetrics.
Urology & urogenital medicine.
Radiotherapy.
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
MEDICAL -- Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy
Image-guided radiation therapy
Radioisotope brachytherapy
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Mayadev, Jyoti, editor
Benedict, Stanley H., editor.
Kamrava, Mitchell, editor
ISBN 9783319448275
3319448277