Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Innovative Techniques and Current Controversies

Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer Innovative Techniques and Current Controversies / edited by Hans Geinitz, Mack Roach III, Nicholas van As.

Radiation treatment is rapidly evolving owing to the coordinated research of physicists, engineers, computer and imaging specialists, and physicians. Today, the arsenal of “high-precision” or “targeted” radiotherapy includes multimodal imaging, in vivo dosimetry, Monte Carlo techniques for dose plan...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Geinitz, Hans (Editor), Roach III, Mack (Editor), van As, Nicholas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Radiation Oncology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Radiotherapy.
Oncology  .
Urology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.  .

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