Brachytherapy

1. Introduction
Theodore E. Yaeger, Luther W. Brady, Mark Trombetta, Paolo Montemaggi

2. Brachytherapy: A Journey of Hope in the Battle Against Cancer
Paolo Montemaggi, Patrizia Guerrieri

3. The Physics of Brachytherapy
Leah K. Schubert, Moyed Miften

4. Physics: Low-Energy Brachytherapy Physics
Jun Yang, Xing Liang, Cynthia Pope, Zuofeng Li

5. Balloon Brachytherapy Physics
Dorin A. Todor

Part I. Disease Site Specific Topics

6. Ocular Brachytherapy
Stephen Karlovits, Thierry Verstraeten

7. Head and Neck Brachytherapy: A Description of Methods and a Summary of Results
D. Jeffrey Demanes

8. Breast Brachytherapy: Interstitial Breast Brachytherapy
Csaba Polgár, Tibor Major

9. Breast Brachytherapy: Intracavitary Breast Brachytherapy
Jaroslaw T. Hepel, David E. Wazer, Frank A. Vicini, Douglas W. Arthur

10. Breast Brachytherapy: Permanent Breast Seed Implants – How and Why?
Jean-Philippe Pignol, Juanita Crook

11. Breast Brachytherapy: Brachytherapy in the Management of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence
Mark Trombetta, Thomas B. Julian, Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi

12. Thoracic Brachytherapy
Paul Renz, Matthew Deusen, Rodney J. Landreneau, Athanasios Colonias

13. Image-Guided High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Liver Cancer
Nikolaos Tselis, Konrad Mohnike, Jens Ricke

14. Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Endometrial Cancer
John A. Vargo, Akila N. Viswanathan, Beth A. Erickson, Sushil Beriwal

15. Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Cervical Cancer
John A. Vargo, Akila N. Viswanathan, Beth A. Erickson, Sushil Beriwal

16. Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Vaginal Cancer
John A. Vargo, Akila N. Viswanathan, Beth A. Erickson, Sushil Beriwal

17. Gynecologic Brachytherapy: Image Guidance in Gynecologic Brachytherapy
Patrizia Guerrieri, Bryan C. Coopey

18. Prostate: Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy
Pei Shuen Lim, Peter Hoskin

19. Prostate: High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy in the Treatment of Clinically Organ-Confined Prostate Cancer
Nikolaos Tselis, Dimos Baltas, Nikolaos Zamboglou

20. Lower Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Rectum
Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Maura Campitelli, Rezarta Frakulli, Andrea Galuppi, Alessio G. Morganti, Vincenzo Valentini

21. Lower Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anus
Stefania Manfrida, Luca Tagliaferri, Rezarta Frakulli, Maria Antonietta Gambacorta, Alessio G. Morganti, Vincenzo Valentini

22. Brachytherapy of the Skin: Cancers and Other Diseases
James Fontanesi, Brian Kopitzki, Eric Limbergen

23. Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brachytherapy
James Fontanesi, Michael Mott, Jeffrey Margolis, Gabrielle Monit, Alain Gerbaulet

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