Interstitial and Intracavitary Thermoradiotherapy

by Seegenschmiedt, M. Heinrich; Sauer, Rolf; Brady, L. W.; Heilmann, H. -P.; Ardiet, J. M. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9783642848032
• ISBN10: 3642848036
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-09
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

While hyperthermia has long been used within radiationoncology, the highly promising new techniques ofinterstitial and intracavitary hyperthermia are generallyless well known. The considerable advantage of "internal"application of combined radiotherapy and hyperthermia isthata high degree of therapeutic efficacy can be achievedwithin a limited target volume while sparing surroundingstructures from side-effects. It is therefore no surprisethat the past decade has witnessed a dramatic increaseinbasic research into internal heating techniques, togetherwith rapid technical development and expansion of clinicalapplications.This timely volume summarizes all essential biologicalaspects of heat interaction with radiotherapy, presents thetechnical state of the art, and analyzes the clinicalresults achieved with application of interstitial andintracavitary thermo-radiotherapy for tumors of a variety ofsites. Treatment control and planning are given fullconsideration in a separate section, as too are specialclinical applications. The final section discusses thedesign and performance of multicenter clinical trials.This book, written by recognized experts, will be of greatvalueto the theoretical researcher, the oncologicalpractitioner, and specialistsin all related theoretical andclinical sciences of oncology.