Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy - Ldr-Pdr-Hdr Kovacs Gyorgy Pevná vazba

Prostate brachytherapy has been the subject of heated debate among surgeons and the proponents of the various brachytherapy methods. In addition to detailed chapters on patient selection and the use of imaging in diagnostics, treatment guidance, and implantation control, background chapters are included on related medical physics issues such as treatment planning and quality assurance. This very first interdisciplinary book on the subject provides a comprehensive overview of innovations in low dose rate (LDR), high dose rate (HDR), and pulsed dose rate (PDR) interstitial brachytherapy for the management of local or locally advanced prostate cancer.

All chapters have been written by internationally recognized experts who for more than a decade have formed the The results obtained with the different treatment options and the difficult task of salvage treatment are fully discussed.