Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy

Part I. Radiobiology and Physics of Image-Guided Brachytherapy

1. Radiobiology of Brachytherapy
Xiao Zhao, Andrew T. Vaughan

2. General Physics Principles in Brachytherapy
Sang-June Park, David H. Thomas

3. Treatment Delivery Technology for Brachytherapy
J. Adam M. Cunha, Dae Yup Han

4. Image Guidance Systems for Brachytherapy
Laura Padilla, Dorin A. Todor

5. Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy
Bruce Libby, Taeho Kim

Part II. Clinical Applications of Image-Guided Brachytherapy

6. Anesthesia and Procedural Care for Brachytherapy
Brandon A. Dyer, Alison Nielsen, Mitchell Kamrava, Jyoti Mayadev

7. Breast Brachytherapy and Clinical Appendix
Kara D. Romano, Daniel M. Trifiletti, Bruce Libby, Timothy N. Showalter

8. Eye Plaque Brachytherapy
Tijana Skrepnik, John Gloss, Cameron Javid, Baldassarre Stea

9. Head and Neck Brachytherapy
D. Jeffrey Demanes

10. Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Esophageal Cancer
Supriya K. Jain, Karyn A. Goodman

11. Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anal and Rectal Cancer
Supriya K. Jain, Karyn A. Goodman

12. MRI Image-Guided Low-Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer
Amy C. Moreno, Rajat J. Kudchadker, Jihong Wang, Steven J. Frank

13. High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer and Clinical Appendix
Yao Yu, I-Chow Hsu, Mitchell Kamrava, Albert J. Chang

14. Gynecologic Cancer and High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy: Cervical, Endometrial, Vaginal, Vulva and Clinical Appendix
Jyoti Mayadev, Sushil Beriwal

15. Skin Brachytherapy
Anna Likhacheva

16. Sarcoma and High-Dose Rate Brachytherapy: Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Kunal Saigal, Matthew Biagioli

17. Image-Guided BrachyAblation (IGBA) for Liver Metastases and Primary Liver Cancers
Shyamal Patel, Jens Ricke, Mitchell Kamrava

18. Central Nervous System Brachytherapy
A. Gabriella Wernicke, Shoshana Taube, Andrew W. Smith, Bhupesh Parashar

19. Lung Brachytherapy
Justin Mann, Alex Herskovic, Jonathan Chen, A. Gabriella Wernicke, Bhupesh Parashar

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