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100 1 _aPonsky, Lee E.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aRobotic Radiosurgery. Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Lee E. Ponsky, Donald B. Fuller, Robert M. Meier, Charlie Ma.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2012.
300 _aXX, 245p. 55 illus., 39 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 _aSection 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.  .
520 _aProstate 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.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aRadiology, Medical.
650 0 _aRadiotherapy.
650 0 _aOncology.
650 0 _aSurgery.
650 0 _aUrology.
650 1 4 _aMedicine & Public Health.
650 2 4 _aImaging / Radiology.
650 2 4 _aOncology.
650 2 4 _aUrology/Andrology.
650 2 4 _aSurgery.
650 2 4 _aRadiotherapy.
700 1 _aFuller, Donald B.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aMeier, Robert M.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aMa, Charlie.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642114946
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11495-3
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