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.
Table of contents:
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
