Interstitial Prostate Brachytherapy

• Epidemiology of prostate cancer.- Imaging localized prostate cancer.- TRUS volume study imaging for brachytherapy, patient set up and optimize of imaging.- Patient selection and recommendations on permanent seed implantation for localized prostate cancer.- Patient selection and recommendations on HDR.- Seed techniques.- HDR  techniques.- PDR techniques.- Imaging for post-implant dosimetry.- Pre-planning for permanent implantation.- Intra-operative seed planning.- Intra-operative HDR planning.- Seeds versus HDR.- Post-implant dosimetry.- Incidence and prognostic factors for complication.- Clinical implications of DVH analysis.- QA for brachytherapy.- Management of side effects and complications.- Radiation protection issues.- Results of seed treatment.- HDR results.- PDR results.- Salvage treatment.

From the reviews: "It gives a concise overview of the various techniques and equipment used in HDR, LDR and PDR treatments, and has a very good coverage of imaging for diagnosis and treatment planning, indicating how this will progress in the future. ... the clear style makes it suitable for students of any discipline, and the imaging chapters are good, but it is more suited to clinicians with only a token coverage of the physics involved ... ." (Keri Owen, SCOPE, Vol. 23 (1), March, 2014)