Brachytherapy : techniques and evidences /: techniques and evidences. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Yasuo Yoshioka, Jun Itami, Masahiko Oguchi, Takashi Nakano, editors.
• Editors: Yoshioka, Yasuo; Itami, Jun; Oguchi, Masahiko; Nakano, Takashi
• Contents: Part I. General -- 1. History of Japanese brachytherapy -- 2. Japanese brachytherapy in the world -- 3. Deformable image registration in brachytherapy: Beyond dose volume histogram -- Part II. Gynecology -- 4. Moving on from LDR to HDR -- 5. Intracavitary brachytherapy from 2D to 3D -- 6. Midline block (Central shield) -- 7. Hybrid brachytherapy -- 8. Interstitial brachytherapy: radical and salvage -- 9. Asian cooperation and global trend. -- Part III. Prostate -- 10. Prostate brachytherapy: the fact and the way to go -- 11. How we led Japanese low-dose-rate brachytherapy to successful practice (Urologist perspecitive) -- 12. How we led Japanese low-dose-rate brachytherapy to successful practice (Radiation oncologist perspecitive) -- 13. HDR monotherapy -- 14. Single-fraction boost HDR -- Part IV. Breast -- 15. Japanese experience and American trend -- 16. Hungarian experience and European trend -- Part V. Head and Neck -- 17. Low-dose-rate brachytherapy for oral cancer -- 18. High-dose-rate brachytherapy for oral cancer -- 19. Eye plaque brachytherapy for retinoblastoma and melanoma -- Part VI. Intraluminal -- 20. Intraluminal brachytherapy for endobronchial cancer -- 21. Intraluminal brachytherapy for esophageal cancer -- 22. Intraluminal brachytherapy for biliary tract cancer.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 615.8/424; Radioisotope brachytherapy; MEDICAL / Pharmacology; Radioisotope brachytherapy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811304903; 9811304904
• Related ISBNs: 9789811304897
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August. 8, 2018).
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