Image-guided radiation therapy of prostate cancer / edited by Richard K. Valicenti, Adam P. Dicker, David A. Jaffray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valicenti, Richard K.

Dicker, Adam P.

Jaffray, David A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostate--Cancer--Radiotherapy.

Prostate.

Image-guided radiation therapy.

Prostatic Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Prostatic Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Prostatic Neoplasms--radiotherapy.

Prostatic Neoplasms--diagnosis.

Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted--methods.

Physical Description:

xi, 291 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (partly color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Informa Healthcare, [2008]

Contents:

Prostate cancer: overview and treatment guidelines for image-guided radiation therapy / Richard K. Valicenti and Alexander Lin

The use of imaging modalities in the evaluation and treatment of prostate cancer / Joyce L. Speight, Antonio C. Westphalen, and Fergus V. Coakley

Modeling outcome after prostate IGRT / Claudio Fiorino, Tiziana Rancati, and Riccardo Valdagni

Advances in imaging and anatomical considerations for prostate cancer treatment planning / Aaron Spalding and Patrick McLaughlin

Target and organ motion considerations / Charles Catton and Tim Craig

Overview of image-guided localization modalities / Parag J. Parikh and Jeff Michalski

Targeted therapies for localized prostate cancer: the urologist's perspective / James Johannes, Leonard G. Gomella, and Edouard J. Trabulsi

The use of fiducial markers for IGRT in prostate cancer: the Mayo Clinic approach / Brian J. Davis ... [et al.]

IGRT in prostate cancer: method and application of cone-beam computed tomography / David A. Jaffray

IGRT in prostate cancer: focus on BAT ultrasound / Joshua S. Silverman and Eric M. Horwitz

Image-guided radiation therapy in prostate cancer: William Beaumont experience / Michel Ghilezan, Di Yan, and Alvaro Martinez

IGRT in prostate cancer

the calypso 4D localization system / Arul Mahadevan, Kevin Stephans, and Toufik Djemil

Prostate tomotherapy / Richard Hudes and Timothy Holmes

Image guidance in postprostatectomy radiation therapy / Timothy N. Showalter and Richard K. Valicenti

The use of image guidance in prostate brachytherapy / Cynthia Ménard and Juanita Crook

Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: targeting pelvic lymph nodes / Mack Roach, Ping Xia, and Jean Pouliot

Fractionation schemes with IGRT for clinically localized prostate cancer / Himu Lukka

Image-guided proton beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer / Carlos E. Vargas ... [et al.]

The testing of prostate IGRT in clinical trials / Vincent S. Khoo and David P. Dearnaley

Future developments I: online dosimetric verification with fiducial dosimeters planning and verification / Mark Wiesmeyer ... [et al.]

Future developments II: dose painting with functional imaging, online dose tracking and adaptation, IMRT with robotic brachytherapy and other nonradiation modalities / Ying Xiao ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781420060782

1420060783

OCLC:

195765539

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