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Radiotherapy in Practice - Brachytherapy (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Radiotherapy in Practice - Brachytherapy (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Radiotherapy in Practice
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Brachytherapy remains an important component of radical radiation
therapy in the modern management of cancer. Widespread adoption of
remote afterloading now enables brachytherapy to be delivered with
minimum exposure to staff and other patients. Technical advances in
imaging and computing power have improved the precision of
implantation and complex dosimetry can now be achieved in routine
practice. The advantages of direct placement of the radiation
source into the area to be treated, overcoming the problems of
patient and organ movement, together with the dosimetric advantages
inherent in brachytherapy, will ensure that modern brachytheraoy
continues to provide the optimal means of delivering accurate high
does radiation therapy for many patients.
Fully updated for the second edition, this book provides practical
guidance on the use of brachytherapy. Each chapter gives the reader
a solid background in the physics and dosimetry of the technique,
followed by practical information on its use in common disease
sites. Whilst low, medium, and high dose rate techniques are
covered, emphasis is placed on high dose rate afterloading
techniques which are likely to replace most other forms of
brachytherapy in the future.
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Radiotherapy remains the major non-surgical treatment modality for
the management of malignant disease. It is based on the application
of the principles of applied physics, radiobiology, and tumour
biology to clinical practice. Each volume in this series takes the
reader through the basic principles of the use of ionising
radiation and then develops this by individual sites. This series
of practical handbooks are aimed at physicians both training and
practising in radiotherapy, as well as medical physicists,
dosimetrists, radiographers and senior nurses.
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