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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geinitz, Hans, editor.

Roach III, Mack, editor.

Van As, Nicholas, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Medical radiology (Series) 0942-5373

Medical Radiology, 0942-5373

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Radiotherapy.

Oncology.

Urology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

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 planning, patient immobilization techniques, intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), biologically adapted radiotherapy (BART), quality assurance methods, novel methods of brachytherapy, and, at the far end of the scale, particle beam radiotherapy using protons and carbon ions. These approaches are like pieces of a puzzle that need to be put together to provide the prostate cancer patient with high-level optimized radiation treatment. This book examines in detail the role of the above-mentioned innovative radiation techniques in the management of prostate cancer. In addition, a variety of current controversies regarding treatment are carefully explored, including whether prophylactic treatment of the pelvic lymphatics is essential, the magnitude of the effect of dose escalation, whether a benefit accrues from hypofractionation, and what evidence exists for the superiority of protons or heavy ions. Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer: Innovative Techniques and Current Controversies is intended for both radiation oncologists and urologists with an interest in the up-to-date capabilities of modern radiation oncology for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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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ISBN:

9783642370991

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