Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
Subtitle: Techniques and Clinical Implementation
Contributors: David E. Wazer (Editor); Douglas W. Arthur (Editor); Frank A. Vicini (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 11, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9783540282020
Subjects: Radiology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Oncology; Diagnostic Imaging; Acceclerated Partial Breast Irradiation; Brachytherapy; Medical / Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Breast; Cancer; Radiotherapy
Description: Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is being rapidly introduced into the clinical management of early breast cancer. APBI, in fact, encompasses a number of different techniques and approaches that include brachytherapy, intraoperative, and external beam techniques. This text is a concise handbook designed to assist the clinician in the implementation of APBI. It includes a review of the principles that underlie APBI, a practical and detailed description of each technique for APBI, a review of current clinical results of APBI, and a review of the incidence and management of treatment related complications.