Brachytherapy : applications and techniques / editor, Phillip M. Devlin, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FFRRCSI(Hon), Chief, Division of Brachytherapy, Institute Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts ; associate editors, Robert A. Cormack, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Caroline L. Holloway, MD, FRCP(C), Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of British Columbia. and Radiation Oncologist, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Alexandra J. Stewart, DM, MRCP, FRCR, Clinical Lead for Oncology, St. Luke's Cancer Centre, Royal Surrey County Hospital, and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey, Guildford, England.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A century of brachytherapy (from the prostate's perspective) / Jesse N. Aronowitz -- Radiobiologic concepts for brachytherapy / Alexandra J. Stewart, Robert A. Cormack, and Kathryn D. Held -- Technical aspects of brachytherapy / Mandar S. Bhagwat, Ivan M. Buzurovic, Antonio L. Damato, Scott A. Friesen, Jorgen L. Hansen, Desmond A. O'Farrell, Emily Sugar, and Robert A. Cormack -- Genitourinary brachytherapy / Paul L. Nguyen, André-Guy Martin, and Peter F. Orio -- Gynecologic brachytherapy / Larissa J. Lee, Antonio L. Damato, and Akila N. Viswanathan -- Breast brachytherapy / Simona M. Shaitelman, Chirag Shah, Leonard H. Kim, Frank A. Vicini, Douglas W. Arthur, and Atif J. Khan -- Thoracic brachytherapy / Keyur J. Mehta, Nitika Thawani, and Subhakar Mutyala -- Skin brachytherapy / Phillip M. Devlin and Anna O. Likhacheva -- Head and neck brachytherapy / J. Nicholas Lukens, Kenneth S. Hu, Peter C. Levendag, David Teguh, Paul Busse, and Louis B. Harrison -- Central nervous system brachytherapy / Abigail L. Stockham and Nils D. Arvold -- Gastrointestinal brachytherapy / Alexandra J. Stewart, Nikolaos Tselis, Michele Albert, Nitika Thawani, and Arthur Sun Myint -- Soft tissue sarcoma brachytherapy / Caroline L. Holloway and Chandrajit P. Raut -- Pediatric brachytherapy / Lara Hathout, Suzanne L. Wolden, and Gilad N. Cohen -- Vascular brachytherapy / Chien Peter Chen, Ray Lin, and Prabhakar Tripuraneni -- Foundations of a brachytherapy practice / D. Jeffrey Demanes, Ron DiGiaimo, Casilda Menchaca-Garcia, and Tamara Syverson.

"he only comprehensive guide to the latest knowledge and techniques in brachytherapy Since the first edition was published in 2006, Phillip M. Devlinís Brachytherapy has been acknowledged as the essential book on the practice. Inthis updated new edition, all chapters covering cancer sites have been significantly revised. Organized for specialists in several fields, Brachytherapy contains site-specific chapters that discuss how the evolving role of advanced image guidance has demonstrated greater efficacy and less toxicity. Clinical vignettes with images now accompany all site-specific chapters. The chapter on prostate brachytherapy has been expanded to include other indications in the genitourinary system, and there are two entirely new chaptersóone chronicling the history of brachytherapy and the other detailing the emergence of skin brachytherapy. Dr. Devlin, a leading world authority on brachytherapy, has assembled other leaders in the field from world-renowned radiation oncology programs to enrichthis comprehensive text. From new data on medical outcomes to the costs and benefits of running a brachytherapy practice, Brachytherapy, Second Edition is the first and last word on what still is considered the most conformal radiotherapy technique in the field."--Publisher's description.

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