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Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Techniques and Clinical Implementation

By David E. Wazer , Thomas A. Buchholz , Eric A. Strom (auth.) , Douglas W. Arthur , Frank A. Vicini (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2009
ISBN
978-3-540-88005-9, 978-3-540-88006-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-88006-6
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
72 MB (75926397 bytes)
Pages
XVIII, 436 p. 183 illus. 28 illus. in color.\446
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-22 11:10:34
Radiotherapy; Oncology; Diagnostic Radiology

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. There is currently no single source that describes these techniques and their clinical implementation. This text is a concise handbook designed to assist the clinician in the implementation of APBI. This 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.

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