[Medical Radiology] Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer || Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer

✍ Scribed by Geinitz, Hans; Roach III, Mack; van As, Nicholas

• Book ID: 125433262
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 552 KB
• Edition: 2015
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 3642370993
• DOI: 10.1007/174_2013_930

✦ Synopsis

Today, the arsenal of “high-precision” or “targeted” radiotherapy includes a variety of techniques and approaches that, like the pieces of a puzzle, 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 these 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.