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050 _aRC271.R27B7344 2007
050 _a WN 250.5.B7 B796 2007
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100 _aPhillip M. Devlin
_942507
222 _aaddition afterloading allow applicator approach artery base brachytherapy breast cancer carcinoma catheter cell Center cervix chemotherapy clinical combined compared complications coronary delivered delivery developed disease EBRT effect et al experience external beam failure Figure follow-up fractions given high dose rate Hospital hour imaging implant important improved increased initial inserted Int J Radiat interstitial irradiation isotope late lesions locally margin median Medical months neck needle Oncol Biol Phys Oncology outcome patients performed placed placement planning position practice present primary procedure prostate Radiat Oncol Biol Radiation Oncology radiation therapy radiotherapy randomized received recurrent reported resection restenosis risk sarcoma seeds shielded showed significant soft tissue stage stent surgery surgical TABLE tandem technique tissue treated treatment treatment planning trial tumor vascular versus vessel volume
245 _aBrachytherapy
_bApplications and Techniques
250 _a illustrated
260 _aLondon,
_bLippincott Williams & Wilkins,
_cc2007
300 _a420 pages
520 _aWritten by the foremost experts in the field, this volume is a comprehensive text and practical reference on contemporary brachytherapy. The book provides detailed, site-specific information on applications and techniques of brachytherapy in the head and neck, central nervous system, breast, thorax, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary tract, as well as on gynecologic brachytherapy, low dose rate and high dose rate sarcoma brachytherapy, vascular brachytherapy, and pediatric applications. The book thoroughly describes and compares the four major techniques used in brachytherapy—intracavity, interstitial, surface-dose or mold therapy, and transluminal. Chapters detail particular techniques that are appropriate in specific clinical situations.
600 _x Brachytherapy.
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600 _xMedical › Internal Medicine
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600 _xMedical / Internal Medicine
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600 _x Medical / Oncology
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600 _xMedical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
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