Thoracic Brachytherapy
7 Thoracic Brachytherapy Keyur J. Mehta, Nitika Thawani, and Subhakar Mutyala LUNG CANCER In 2015, there will be an estimated 221,200 new cases of lung cancer in the United…
Head and Neck Brachytherapy
9 Head and Neck Brachytherapy J. Nicholas Lukens, Kenneth S. Hu, Peter C. Levendag, David N. Teguh, Paul M. Busse, and Louis B. Harrison Brachytherapy is an important option…
Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy
11 Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy Alexandra J. Stewart, Nikolaos Tselis, Michele Albert, Nitika Thawani, and Arthur Sun Myint Brachytherapy in gastrointestinal cancer is generally underutilized but its uptake is increasing as…
Central Nervous System Brachytherapy
10 Central Nervous System Brachytherapy Abigail L. Stockham and Nils D. Arvold BRACHYTHERAPY FOR MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS Primary malignant brain tumors are among the most aggressive of all human…
A Century of Brachytherapy (From the Prostate’s Perspective)
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Skin Brachytherapy
8 Skin Brachytherapy Anna O. Likhacheva, Phillip M. Devlin, and Ivan M. Buzurovic Radiotherapy as a scientific specialty was propelled forward at the turn of the 20th century, in…
Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brachytherapy
12 Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brachytherapy Caroline L. Holloway and Chandrajit P. Raut Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are an uncommon malignancy that can present throughout the body including the extremities,…
Technical Aspects of Brachytherapy
3 Technical Aspects of Brachytherapy Mandar S. Bhagwat, Ivan M. Buzurovic, Antonio L. Damato, Scott A. Friesen, Jorgen L. Hansen, Desmond A. O’Farrell, Emily Neubauer Sugar, and Robert A….
Gynecologic Brachytherapy
5 Gynecologic Brachytherapy Larissa J. Lee, Antonio L. Damato, and Akila N. Viswanathan Brachytherapy is an integral component in the treatment of gynecologic cancer, and one that requires a…
Breast Brachytherapy
6 Breast Brachytherapy Simona F. Shaitelman, Chirag Shah, Leonard H. Kim, Frank A. Vicini, Douglas W. Arthur, and Atif J. Khan Breast-conserving therapy (BCT), consisting of segmental mastectomy followed…
