Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer

Innovative Techniques and Current Controversies

AvHans Geinitz,Mack Roach III

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Medical Radiology

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Beskrivning

Today, the arsenal of “high-precision” or “targeted” radiotherapy includes a variety of techniques and approaches that, like the pieces of a puzzle, need to be put together to provide the prostate cancer patient with high-level optimized radiation treatment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-12-12
Mått:210 x 279 x 22 mm
Vikt:1 120 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medical Radiology
Antal sidor:297
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642370984

Utforska kategorier

Onkologi inom Medicin
Urologi inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

Imaging, delineation and immobilization: MRI and MR-spectroscopy.- PET imaging in prostate cancer.- Phase contrast X-ray imaging- next generation CT imaging.- Organ contouring for IMRT.- General aspects of patient immobilization.- Internal immobilization: From rectal balloon to hyaluronic acid.- Clinical endpoints: Biochemical recurrence– a valuable endpoint?.- Overall and disease-free survival – too long to wait?.- Late toxicity – current scoring concepts.- Quality of life: Assessment and Correlates.- Dose escalation and new radiation techniques: Dose escalation – an update on randomized clinical trials.- IMRT for prostate cancer.- IGRT- how and when.- Tracking in prostate cancer.- Locally advanced disease: Techniques of pelvic lymphatic irradiation.- Prophylactic treatment of the pelvic lymphatics: pro.- Prophylactic treatment of the pelvic lymphatics: contra.- Hormonal therapy and radiation therapy - randomized and prospective trials.- Treatment of clinically involved lymph nodes.- Hypofractionation: Hypofractionation in prostate cancer- biological aspects.- Hypofractionation: Clinical data.- Simultaneous integrated boost techniques.- Brachytherapy: Principals of 3D, highly conformal brachytherapy.- Seed implantation.- HDR brachytherapy.- Adjuvant treatment and salvage treatment: Target volume definition in postoperative radiotherapy.- Randomized trials for adjuvant radiotherapy.- Salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy.- Salvage prostatectomy after radiotherapy.- Use of protons and heavy ions: Proton therapy for prostate cancer: technological and clinical aspects.- There is evidence for the superiority of protons or heavy ions, pro.- There is evidence for the superiority of protons or heavy ions, contra.