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Title Treating prostate cancer and related genitourinary applications / Lee E. Ponsky (editor-in-chief) [and others]
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 245 pages)
Series Robotic radiosurgery
Robotic radiosurgery.
Contents Section 1: Introduction to Radiosurgery as a Multidisciplinary Practice.-Section 2: Historical and Current Prostate Cancer Issues -- Section 3: Prostate Motion -- Section 4: Hypofractionated Radiation Deliver -- Section 5: Emerging Applications
Summary Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among North American and European men, but its treatment continues to be problematic owing to serious side-effects, including erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and potential lower GI complicatons. Robotic radiosurgery offers a novel, rapid, non-invasive outpatient treatment option for prostate cancer that combines robotics, advanced image-guided motion detection, and automated real-time corrective spatial positioning with submillimeter precision. This book examines all aspects of the treatment of prostate cancer with robotic radiosurgery. After introductory sections on radiosurgery as a multidisciplinary practice and specific issues relating to prostate cancer, the important challenge posed by prostate motion when administering radiation therapy is examined in depth, with detailed discussion as to how image-guided robotic radiosurgery overcomes this problem by continously identifying the precise location of the prostate throughout the course of treatment. A further major section is devoted to a discussion of techniques and potential radiobiological and clinical advantages of hypofractionated radiation delivery by means of robotic radiosurgery systems. The book closes by discussing other emerging genitourinary applications of robotic radiosurgery. All of the authors are experts in their field who present a persuasive case for this fascinating technique
Analysis Medicine
Urology
Oncology
urinestelsel
urinary system
geneeskunde
volksgezondheid
public health
afbeelden
imagery
radiologie
radiology
radiotherapie
radiotherapy
oncologie
chirurgie
surgery
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Radiosurgery.
Genitourinary organs -- Cancer -- Surgery
Prostate -- Cancer -- Surgery
Prostatic Neoplasms -- diagnosis
Prostatic Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
Radiosurgery -- methods
Robotics -- methods
Urogenital Neoplasms -- radiotherapy
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
Médecine.
Genitourinary organs -- Cancer -- Surgery
Prostate -- Cancer -- Surgery
Radiosurgery
Form Electronic book
Author Ponsky, Lee E
ISBN 9783642114953
3642114954