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1.1 Principles of Combining External Beam and Brachytherapy |
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3 | (4) |
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1.2 Fundamentals in Radiobiology |
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7 | (18) |
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1.3 Fundamentals in Physics |
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25 | (10) |
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1.4 Brachytherapy Techniques |
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35 | (18) |
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1.5 High and Low Dose Rate Remote Afterloading: A Critical Comparison |
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53 | (8) |
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2.1 Basic Principles of Brachycurietherapy of Brain Tumors |
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61 | (6) |
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2.2 Imaging-Stereotaxic Implantation of Radionuclides in Intracranial Tumors (Curietherapy and Brachycurietherapy) |
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67 | (14) |
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2.3 Experimental Dose Effects After Permanent and Temporary Interstitial Irradiation of the Brain |
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81 | (4) |
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2.4 Fractionated Afterloading Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant, Inoperable Brain Tumors |
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85 | (4) |
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2.5 External Stereotactic Focal Irradiation |
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89 | (6) |
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2.6 External Stereotactic Focal Irradiation of Arteriovenous Malformations by a Routinely Used Linear Accelerator |
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95 | (8) |
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3.1 Results After Brachytherapy Using 106Ru/106Rh Plaques for Choroidal Melanomas |
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103 | (10) |
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3.2 Choroidal Melanoma: Role of Brachytherapy in Management |
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113 | (10) |
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3.3 Experience with High-Dose β-Irradiation (106Ru/106Rh) of Choroidal Melanomas |
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123 | (8) |
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4.1 Classification of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx Carcinomas |
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131 | (2) |
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4.2 Interstitial Radiotherapy of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx Carcinomas (Paris Technique) |
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133 | (12) |
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4.3 Interstitial Brachytherapy in Head and Neck Tumors |
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145 | (8) |
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4.4 Manual Afterloading in Brachytherapy (Endocurietherapy with 192Ir Wires and Needles) |
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153 | (6) |
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4.5 Temporary and Permanent Brachytherapy in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer - The Erlangen Experience |
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159 | (10) |
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4.6 198Au Implantation of Carcinoma of the Mobile Tongue |
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169 | (10) |
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5.1 Brachycurietherapy in Breast Cancer |
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179 | (8) |
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5.2 Interstitial Boost Irradiation: Indications, Technique, Complications |
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187 | (4) |
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5.3 Interstitial Boost Irradiation Technique and Dosage |
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191 | (8) |
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5.4 Iridium-192 Afterloading for Boosting the Tumor Bed |
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199 | (8) |
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6.1 Carcinomas of the Anal Canal: An Introduction |
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207 | (2) |
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6.2 Role of Combined Radiochemotherapy: The Lyon Experience |
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209 | (6) |
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6.3 Combination Therapy of Anal Canal Cancer: A Report on External Irradiation With or Without Chemotherapy Followed by Interstitial Iridium 192 |
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215 | (6) |
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6.4 Radiochemotherapy of Anal Canal Cancer With or Without Interstitial Implants |
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221 | (8) |
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6.5 Conservative Treatment of Anal Carcinoma: The Surgeon's View |
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229 | (6) |
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7.1 Interstitial Irradiation in Prostatic Cancer: Report of 10-Year Results |
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235 | (6) |
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7.2 Interstitial Radiotherapy: The Freiburg Experience |
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241 | (4) |
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7.3 Cancer of the Prostate: Brachytherapy Techniques |
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245 | (12) |
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7.4 Percutaneous Iodine-125 Implantation Guided by Ultrasound |
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257 | (106) |
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7.5 Transperineal 125I Implantation Guided by Ultrasound: Preliminary Results of 150 Cases |
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8 Gynecological Malignancies |
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8.1 Interventional Radiation Therapy Techniques in Gynecology |
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271 | (8) |
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8.2 Technical Aspects of Bladder Dosimetry in Intracavitary Irradiation of Carcinoma of the Cervix |
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279 | (6) |
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8.3 Intracavitary High Dose Rate Afterloading Therapy with Iridium 192: Basic Physical Measurements, Dosimetry, and Localization |
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285 | (6) |
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8.4 Present Status and Perspectives of High Dose Rate Afterloading in Gynecologic Malignancies |
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291 | (8) |
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8.5 Five- to Seven-Year Results in High Dose Rate Radiation of Cancer of the Cervix |
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299 | (8) |
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8.6 Prospective Clinical Trial Concerning High Dose Rate Afterloading Therapy in Cancer of the Cervix and Endometrium |
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307 | (4) |
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8.7 Comparison Between High Dose Rate Afterloading and Conventional Radium Therapy |
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311 | (8) |
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8.8 High Dose Rate Afterloading Compared with Conventional Brachytherapy |
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319 | (14) |
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8.9 Low and High Dose Rate Afterloading in Gynecological Malignancies |
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333 | (10) |
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9 Interstitial Hyperthermia |
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9.1 Techniques and Clinical Experience of Interstitial Thermoradiotherapy |
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343 | (16) |
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M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt |
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9.2 Interstitial and Intraoperative Hyperthermia |
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359 | (6) |
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9.3 Interstitial Thermoradiotherapy in the Treatment of Malignant Tumors |
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365 | (6) |
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9.4 Experiences With Interstitial Hyperthermia as a Sole Treatment Modality or Combined with Radiotherapy |
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371 | (4) |
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| Subject Index |
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