Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy

1. Introduction
György Kovács, Peter Hoskin

2. Epidemiology and Prevention of Prostate Cancer
Ernesto R. Cordeiro, Bertrand Tombal, Theo M. Reijke

3. Imaging Localised Prostate Carcinoma
Brendan M. Carey

4. Patient Selection and Recommendations on Permanent Seed Implantation as Monotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Jean-Marc Cosset

5. Patient Selection and Recommendations: HDR
György Kovács

6. Prostate Brachytherapy Implantation Treatment Techniques
Jan J. Battermann

7. HDR Technique
Peter Hoskin

8. Pulsed-Dose Rate Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer
Bradley R. Pieters

9. Imaging for Post-implant Dosimetry
Brendan M. Carey

10. Dosimetry Planning for Permanent Seeds
B. Al-Qaisieh

11. HDR Planning
Frank-André Siebert

12. Postimplant Dosimetry
Marinus Adriaan Moerland

13. Dose–Response Relationship in Permanent Implant Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
Jean-Marc Cosset, Georges Wakil

14. HDR Versus LDR Seeds
Peter Hoskin

15. Results of Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy
Jan J. Battermann

16. Results of HDR Prostate Brachytherapy Treatments
György Kovács

17. Results of PDR Treatments: The AMC PDR Experience
B. R. Pieters, E. D. Geijsen

18. Incidence and Prognostic Factors for Complications After Permanent Interstitial Brachytherapy
Stefan Machtens

19. Salvage Treatment for Recurrent Prostate Cancer Following Brachytherapy: For Whom, When and Which?
Roos E. Stuurman-Wieringa, Hiren S. Sodha, Stavros Gravas, Jean J. M. H. C. Rosette, Theo M. Reijke

20. Prostate Cancer Brachytherapy: Radiation Protection Issues
Jean-Marc Cosset, Lawrence Dauer

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Urology/Andrology