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Zusatztext Review from previous edition Informationen zum Autor Peter Hoskin qualified at the Royal Free Hospital and, after junior posts in general medicine in London, trained in clinical oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He currently has a busy clinical practice focusing on urological and gynaecological malignancies and lymphomas. He also directs a research programme through UCL developing and evaluating functional imaging in oncological practice. Professor Hoskin is series editor of the OUP series, Radiotherapy inPractice.Dr Catherine Coyle is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast. She trained in clinical oncology at Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK, and Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK, with 6 months as Senior Resident in the Department of Brachytherapy at Institut Gustav Roussey, Villejuif, Paris. She is now a Consultant in Clinical Oncology at St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds, UK, with a site specialist interest in head and neck and urological cancers. She is co-organiser and co-host of the RoyalCollege of Radiologists UK-supported annual brachytherapy course. Klappentext This book provides practical guidance on the use of brachytherapy. Each chapter gives the reader a solid background in the physics and dosimetry of the technique, followed by practical information on its use in common disease sites. Zusammenfassung This book provides practical guidance on the use of brachytherapy. Each chapter gives the reader a solid background in the physics and dosimetry of the technique, followed by practical information on its use in common disease sites.
