Image-Guided Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer

Answering the need that exists for a single reference to address the practical issues of implementing Image-guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) into prostate cancer treatment, Image-guided Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer provides clinicians with a solid understanding of this technology and, through in-depth illustrations and step-by-step guidelines, offers practical guidance on successfully employing IGRT to improve patient outcomes. Image-guided Radiation Therapy of Prostate Cancer: offers practical step-by-step guidance on how to employ IGRT in the treatment of prostate cancer provides disease stage-specific recommendations regarding dosage, fractionation, target volume delineation, and tissue tolerances discusses the latest novel approaches to radiotherapy of prostate cancer, including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), hypofractionated radiation therapy, and proton beam radiation therapy illustrates the use of conebeam CT and megavoltage imaging in the radiation therapy of prostate cancer