BookHans Geinitz, Mack Roach III, Nicholas van As, editors.
Contents:
Imaging, delineation and immobilization: MRI and MR-spectroscopy
PET imaging in prostate cancer
Phase contrast X-ray imaging- next generation CT imaging
Organ contouring for IMRT
General aspects of patient immobilization
Internal immobilization: From rectal balloon to hyaluronic acid
Clinical endpoints: Biochemical recurrence? a valuable endpoint?
Overall and disease-free survival ? too long to wait?
Late toxicity ? current scoring concepts
Quality of life: Assessment and Correlates
Dose escalation and new radiation techniques: Dose escalation ? an update on randomized clinical trials
IMRT for prostate cancer
IGRT- how and when
Tracking in prostate cancer
Locally advanced disease: Techniques of pelvic lymphatic irradiation
Prophylactic treatment of the pelvic lymphatics: pro
Prophylactic treatment of the pelvic lymphatics: contra
Hormonal therapy and radiation therapy
randomized and prospective trials
Treatment of clinically involved lymph nodes
Hypofractionation: Hypofractionation in prostate cancer- biological aspects
Hypofractionation: Clinical data
Simultaneous integrated boost techniques
Brachytherapy: Principals of 3D, highly conformal brachytherapy
Seed implantation
HDR brachytherapy
Adjuvant treatment and salvage treatment: Target volume definition in postoperative radiotherapy
Randomized trials for adjuvant radiotherapy
Salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy
Salvage prostatectomy after radiotherapy
Use of protons and heavy ions: Proton therapy for prostate cancer: technological and clinical aspects
There is evidence for the superiority of protons or heavy ions, pro
There is evidence for the superiority of protons or heavy ions, contra. .