Extracranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery
Contributors: Ben J. Slotman (Editor); Timothy D. Solberg (Editor); Dirk Verellen (Editor)
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: November 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780824726973
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Medical; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology & Industrial Arts; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Stereotaxic techniques; Oncology; Medical / Oncology; Cancer; General; Radiotherapy
First sentence: The concept of stereotactic radiosurgery was first described by Lars Leksell in 1951, as a single-fraction irradiation of intracranial targets, which, in selected patients, would replace surgery.