Brachytherapy An International Perspective

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2016
Series:
Medical Radiology
Author:
Paolo Montemaggi, Mark Trombetta, Luther W. Brady
ISBN:
9783319267913
Related ISBNs:
9783319267890
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-09-14
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2016
Copyright by:
Springer International Publishing, Cham 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Medicine, Nonfiction