Robotic Radiosurgery Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications

Robotic Radiosurgery Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications

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The treatment of prostate cancer continues to be problematic owing to serious side-effects, including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. Robotic radiosurgery offers a novel, rapid, non-invasive outpatient treatment option that combines robotics, advanced image-guided spatial positioning, and motion detection with submillimeter precision. This book examines all aspects of the treatment of prostate cancer with robotic radiosurgery. It explains how image-guided robotic radiosurgery overcomes the problem of patient motion during radiation therapy by continuously identifying the precise location of the prostate tumor throughout the course of treatment. Hypofractionated radiation delivery by means of robotic radiosurgery systems is also discussed in detail. The book closes by examining 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.

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.<p> </p>
ISBN 978-3-662-51960-8
Artikelnummer 9783662519608
Medientyp Buch
Auflage Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2012
Copyrightjahr 2016
Verlag Springer, Berlin
Umfang XX, 245 Seiten
Abbildungen XX, 245 p.
Sprache Englisch