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1 online resource (xii, 466 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
""BookCover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Dedication""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""Part I Understanding the problem: fundamentals of pathology and implications for brachytherapy ""; ""2 Effect of radiotherapy on prostate histopathology and assessment of residual cancer ""; ""3 What should you ask your pathologist when contemplating minimally invasive therapy? ""; ""4 Detailed mapping of prostate cancer: implications for brachytherapy "" |
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""5 Defining permanent prostate brachytherapy target volumes from evaluation of whole-mount prostatectomy specimens """"6 Prostate cancer staging: PSMA-based serum assays and radioscintigraphy ""; ""Part II Treatment choices: perspectives from the physician and patient ""; ""7 Treatment decisions: surgery versus brachytherapy. A urologist�s perspective ""; ""8 Treatment decisions: which therapy? A patient�s perspective ""; ""Part III Pretreatment and real-time planning for permanent, low dose rate prostate brachytherapy ""; ""9 Brachytherapy from the urologist�s perspective "" |
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""10 Sonographic anatomy of the prostate """"11 What to look for when choosing treatmentplanning software for prostate brachytherapy ""; ""12 Treatment planning for low and high dose rate brachytherapy ""; ""13 Planning an implant: preoperative versus intraoperative planning ""; ""14 The Wheeling approach to treatment planning for prostate brachytherapy ""; ""15 The Seattle Prostate Institute approach to treatment planning for permanent implants ""; ""16 103Pd brachytherapy: rationale, design, and evaluation ""; ""17 Ultrasound-guided 103Pd prostate brachytherapy "" |
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""18 Optimizing real-time, interactive, ultrasoundguided prostate brachytherapy """"19 Real-time prostate brachytherapy: transition from intraoperative nomogram planning to virtual planning ""; ""20 The ProSeed approach: a multicenter study of the results of brachytherapy training""; ""21 Functional image registration in brachytherapy ""; ""22 A novel prostate brachytherapy technique: use of preloaded needles without spacers. The Frankford Hospital experience ""; ""23 Radioimmunoguided prostate brachytherapy ""; ""24 Prostate brachytherapy under local anesthesia "" |
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""25 The impact of hormonal therapy on pubic arch interference """"26 Using the needle manipulation ruler ""; ""27 Using the perineal pressure applicator device ""; ""28 Permanent prostate brachytherapy using sources embedded in absorbable vicryl suture and a preplanned, preloaded needle technique ""; ""29 The Utrecht technique in RAPIDStrand TM afterloading ""; ""30 The PIPER prostate brachytherapy planning system ""; ""31 Robot-aided and 3D TRUS-guided intraoperative prostate brachytherapy ""; ""32 Initial experience with the FIRST system in Utrecht "" |
| Summary |
Prostate brachytherapy (transperineal interstitial implantation of the prostate with either permanent or temporary radioactive sources) has evolved into a sophisticated and definitive treatment modality, used either as monotherapy or in combination with external beam radiation therapy for the definitive treatment of prostate cancer. This popular form of therapy is frequently integrated with neoadjuvant and/or concurrent androgen suppression therapy in the intermediate and advanced risk patient. This book covers both basic and advanced techniques for prostate brachytherapy and is appropriate for the practitioner either anticipating or currently performing permanent radioactive seed implants. A partial list of topics includes: patient selection, equipment decisions, treatment planning, operative technique, post-implant evaluation, management of acute/long term treatment related effects and follow-up after implant. A unique feature of this book is the addition of a CD-ROM.; The CD contains QuickTime Movies that cover aspects of: pre-implant treatment planning, intraoperative positioning, ultrasound, treatment planning (permanent and temporary implants), patient positioning, needle placement, pre-loaded needles and use of a Mick applicator. This book is targeted for practitioners of prostate brachytherapy-urologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and medical physicists. Drs. Dicker, Merrick, Gomella, Waterman and Valicenti and a panel of outstanding urologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, nurses and radiologists, comprehensively review in detail all aspects of prostate brachytherapy, with particular attention to practical techniques and issues that can be incorporated into daily practice. The authors also review timely issues regarding urodynamics, quality-of-life, and methods to evaluate the quality of permanent implants with specific recommendations. Up-to-date and highly practice-oriented, Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy offers, frontline urologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and medical oncologists, a comprehensive, approach using prostate brachytherapy |
| Notes |
"A Martin Dunitz book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Radioisotope brachytherapy.
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Radiotherapy
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Prostatic Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
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Brachytherapy -- methods
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Brachytherapy
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Prostate -- Cancer -- Radiotherapy
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Radioisotope brachytherapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dicker, Adam P
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| ISBN |
020349170X |
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9780203491706 |
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1280347244 |
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9781280347245 |
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