Practical Manual of Brachytherapy

Practical Manual of Brachytherapy

Author:  Bernard Pierquin & Ginette Marinello
ISBN:  9780944838730      ISBN10:  0944838731
Published:  1997 | 296 pp | 


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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I

Chapter One--Photon Emitting Sources
Chapter Two--Beta Emitting Sources
Chapter Three--Calculation of Dose Distribution
Chapter Four--The Paris System, Optimization of Dose and Calculation of Treatment Time
Chapter Five--The Role of Dose Rate in Radiotherapy
Chapter Six--Radiation Protection

Part II

Indications for Brachytherapy Techniques
Chapter Seven--Skin
Chapter Eight--Head and Neck
Chapter Nine--Breast
Chapter Ten--Cervix
Chapter Eleven--Body of the Uterus
Chapter Twelve--Prostate
Chapter Thirteen--Anus and Rectum
Chapter Fourteen--Bladder
Chapter Fifteen--Endoluminal Brachytherapy
Chapter Sixteen--Special Techniques
Chapter Seventeen--Pediatric Tumors