Principles and practice of brachytherapy

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Principles and practice of brachytherapy

edited by Subir Nag

Futura Pub. Co., c1997

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Here is a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute reference on the clinically recommended use and practice of brachytherapy in the management of malignant tumors. Sections from an "all-star" team of contributors expertly detail the physics, radiobiology, radiation safety, quality assurance and clinical applications of this vital procedure.

目次

  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • I. Basic Principles:Principles of Brachytherapy
  • History of Brachytherapy: The Years After the Discovery of Radium and Radioactivity
  • Radiobiology
  • Basic Physics of Brachytherapy
  • Instrumentation and Equipment
  • Calibration of Brachytherapy Sources
  • Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy
  • Brachytherapy Treatment Planning
  • Imaging Applications in Brachytherapy
  • Radiation Protection
  • II. Clinical Body Sites:Brachytherapy for Skin Cancer
  • Interstitial Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumours
  • Brachytherapy for Cancer of the Head and Neck
  • Brachytherapy for Ocular Disease
  • Esophageal Brachytherapy
  • Brachytherapy of Lung Cancer
  • Breast
  • Extrahepatic Bile Duct and Liver Cancer
  • Cancer of the Pancreas
  • Endocavitary and Brachytherapy Techniques in the Conservative Mamagement of Anorectal Cancers
  • Brahytherapy for Prostate Cancer
  • Bladder
  • Cancer of the Female Urethra
  • Brachytherapy for Cancer of the Penis
  • Low-Dose-Rate Intracavity Brachytherapy for Carcinoma of the Uterine Cerix
  • High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Cervical Carcinoma
  • Interstitial Implantation of Gynecologic Malignancies
  • Brachytherapy for Endometrial Carcinoma
  • Cancer of the Vagina
  • Soft Tissue Sarcomas
  • Brachytherapy for Pediatric Tumors
  • III. Special Topics:Nursing Management of the Brachytherapy Patient
  • Pulsed Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy
  • Interstitial Thermo-Brachytherapy
  • Californium-252 Neutron Brachytherapy
  • Endovascular Brachytherapy
  • Brachytherapy in the New Millennium
  • In Memoriam
  • Index

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