Implementation of high dose rate brachytherapy in limited resource settings

International Atomic Energy Agency (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

116 Seiten

2015
IAEA (Verlag)
978-92-0-107214-6 (ISBN)

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The IAEA supports the use of high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy for centres with a large number of patients with this disease. This publication provides guidance to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and planners on establishing and operating an HDR brachytherapy unit with modern standards, and presents the main issues to be addressed for its effective and safe operation.

Brachytherapy is an essential component of the curative treatment of cervical cancer, a disease with high incidence in many developing countries The IAEA supports the use of high dose rate brachytherapy for centres with a large number of patients with this disease. HDR brachytherapy is also used in other common cancers such as breast cancer, lung, oesophagus and prostate. This publication provides guidance to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and planners on establishing and operating a high dose rate brachytherapy unit with modern standards and presents the main issues to be addressed for its effective and safe operation.

Reihe/Serie	IAEA human health series ; 30
Zusatzinfo	figs (some col.), tables
Verlagsort	Vienna
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren ► Nuklearmedizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
ISBN-10	92-0-107214-7 / 9201072147
ISBN-13	978-92-0-107214-6 / 9789201072146
Zustand	Neuware