Brachytherapy

✍ Scribed by Yasuo Yoshioka, Jun Itami, Masahiko Oguchi, Takashi Nakano

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of major technical advances and research findings in the field of brachytherapy. Especially research conducted on brachytherapy in Japan has made tremendous strides, offering readers valuable insights into new treatment outcomes, evidence and techniques. In the respective chapters, each author elucidates cutting-edge findings, addressing both the basic and clinical aspects including the application to various cancers, and especially focusing on highly valuable data gleaned in Japan. As such, the book will benefit not only radiation oncologists but also basic researchers, radiation technologists, medical physicists and members of medical staff who are involved in the development and utilization of this advanced therapy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
History of Brachytherapy in Japan (Tetsuo Nishimura)....Pages 3-10
Japanese Brachytherapy in the World (Jun Itami)....Pages 11-22
Modern Computational Technologies for Establishing Precision Brachytherapy: From Non-rigid Image Registration to Deep Learning (Kazuma Kobayashi)....Pages 23-34
Front Matter ....Pages 35-35
Moving on from LDR to HDR (Takashi Nakano, Masaru Wakatsuki)....Pages 37-44
Intracavitary Brachytherapy from 2D to 3D (Takafumi Toita)....Pages 45-61
Midline Block (Central Shielding) (Tomoaki Tamaki)....Pages 63-75
Hybrid Brachytherapy (Keiko Nemoto Murofushi, Hideyuki Sakurai)....Pages 77-91
Interstitial Brachytherapy: Radical and Salvage (Ken Yoshida)....Pages 93-121
Asian Cooperation and Global Trends in Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer (Shingo Kato)....Pages 123-134
Front Matter ....Pages 135-135
Prostate Brachytherapy: Clinical Efficacy and Future Trends (Peter F. Orio III, Katelyn A. Crouse, Paul L. Nguyen, Martin T. King)....Pages 137-146
How We Led the Japanese Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy to Successful Practice (Urologist Perspective) (Shiro Saito)....Pages 147-157
A Review of Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy as Practiced in Japan (Atsunori Yorozu, Shiro Saito)....Pages 159-180
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy as Monotherapy for Prostate Cancer (Yasuo Yoshioka, Minako Sumi, Masahiko Oguchi)....Pages 181-197
Single-Fraction HDR Boost (Cristina Gutiérrez, Andrea Slocker, Dina Najjari, Ignasi Modolell, Ferran Ferrer, Anna Boladeras et al.)....Pages 199-206
Front Matter ....Pages 207-207
Brachytherapy APBI: Japanese Experience and Asian Trend (Takayuki Nose)....Pages 209-220
Breast: Hungarian Experience and European Trend (Csaba Polgár)....Pages 221-234
Front Matter ....Pages 235-235
Low-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Oral Cancer (Ryoichi Yoshimura)....Pages 237-243
High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy for Oral Cancer (Naoya Kakimoto)....Pages 245-260
Ocular Plaque Brachytherapy for Uveal Melanoma and Retinoblastoma (Naoya Murakami, Shigenobu Suzuki, Jun Itami)....Pages 261-270
Front Matter ....Pages 271-271
Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Endobronchial Cancer (Yoshihito Nomoto)....Pages 273-282
Brachytherapy for Esophageal Cancer: Optimum Dose and Indications in the Modern Era (Atsunori Yorozu, Takushi Dokiya)....Pages 283-300
Intraluminal Brachytherapy for Biliary Tract Cancer (Naoya Murakami, Jun Itami)....Pages 301-304

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Radiotherapy; Oncology