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Interventional Radiation Therapy

Techniques — Brachytherapy

  • Textbook
  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Rolf Sauer

    1. Strahlentherapeutische Universitätsklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)

Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Basic Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Principles of Combining External Beam and Brachytherapy

      • Roger A. Potish, Seymour H. Levitt
      Pages 3-5

    3. Fundamentals in Radiobiology

      • Johann C. Kummermehr, Klaus-Rüdiger Trott
      Pages 7-24

    4. Fundamentals in Physics

      • Ginette Marinello
      Pages 25-33

    5. Brachytherapy Techniques

      • Reinhold G. Müller
      Pages 35-51

    6. High and Low Dose Rate Remote Afterloading: A Critical Comparison

      • Colin G. Orton
      Pages 53-57

  3. Brain Tumors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Basic Pinciples of Brachycurietherapy of Brain Tumors

      • Seymour H. Levitt, Bruce J. Gerbi, Chung K. Lee, Robert E. Maxwell
      Pages 61-66

    3. Imaging-Stereotaxic Implantation of Radionuclides in Intracranial Tumors (Curietherapy and Brachycurietherapy)

      • Fritz Mundinger
      Pages 67-79

    4. Experimental Dose Effects After Permanent and Temporary Interstitial Irradiation of the Brain

      • Christoph B. Ostertag
      Pages 81-84

    5. Fractionated Afterloading Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant, Inoperable Brain Tumors

      • Anne Sparenberg, Klaus Weigel, Helmut Ernst
      Pages 85-88

    6. External Stereotactic Focal Irradiation

      • Bernhard N. Kimmig, Rita Engenhart, Volker Sturm
      Pages 89-94

    7. External Stereotactic Focal Irradiation of Arteriovenous Malformations by a Routinely Used Linear Accelerator

      • Hans-Bruno Makoski
      Pages 95-99

  4. Choroidal Melanoma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Results After Brachytherapy Using 106Ru/l06Rh Plaques for Choroidal Melanomas

      • P. K. Lommatzsch
      Pages 103-111

    3. Choroidal Melanoma: Role of Brachytherapy in Management

      • Luther W. Brady, John L. Day, Reginald Woodleigh, Arnold M. Markoe, Ulf L. Karlsson, Jerry A. Shields et al.
      Pages 113-122

    4. Experience with High-Dose β-Irradiation (106Ru/106Rh) of Choroidal Melanomas

      • Rolf-P. Müller, R. Pötter, H. Busse
      Pages 123-127

  5. Head and Neck Tumors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Classification of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx Carcinomas

      • Rolf Sauer
      Pages 131-132
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Strahlentherapeutische Universitätsklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Rolf Sauer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Interventional Radiation Therapy

  • Book Subtitle: Techniques — Brachytherapy

  • Editors: Rolf Sauer

  • Series Title: Medical Radiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84163-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-84165-1Published: 09 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84163-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0942-5373

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 398

  • Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Oncology, Surgery

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