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4 Genitourinary Brachytherapy André-Guy Martin, Frédéric Lacroix, Thomas Niedermayr, Paul L. Nguyen, and Peter F. Orio, III The predominant form of genitourinary brachytherapy performed worldwide is prostate brachytherapy, either…
14 Vascular Brachytherapy Chien Peter Chen, Ray Lin, and Prabhakar Tripuraneni Vascular disease is the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in the United States. Cardiovascular disease accounts…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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