Basic and Advanced Techniques in Prostate Brachytherapy

BookCover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 21
Dedication......Page 22
1 Introduction......Page 23
Part I  Understanding the problem: fundamentals of pathology and implications for brachytherapy......Page 26
2 Effect of radiotherapy on prostate histopathology and assessment of residual cancer......Page 28
3  What should you ask your pathologist when contemplating minimally invasive therapy?......Page 46
4  Detailed mapping of prostate cancer: implications for brachytherapy......Page 61
5  Defining permanent prostate brachytherapy target volumes from evaluation of whole-mount prostatectomy specimens......Page 71
6  Prostate cancer staging: PSMA-based serum assays and radioscintigraphy......Page 83
Part II  Treatment choices: perspectives from the physician and patient......Page 105
7  Treatment decisions: surgery versus brachytherapy. A urologist’s perspective......Page 106
8  Treatment decisions: which therapy? A patient’s perspective......Page 118
Part III  Pretreatment and real-time planning for permanent, low dose rate prostate brachytherapy......Page 126
9  Brachytherapy from the urologist’s perspective......Page 127
10  Sonographic anatomy of the prostate......Page 141
11  What to look for when choosing treatmentplanning software for prostate brachytherapy......Page 157
12  Treatment planning for low and high dose rate brachytherapy......Page 164
13  Planning an implant: preoperative versus intraoperative planning......Page 179
14  The Wheeling approach to treatment planning for prostate brachytherapy......Page 186
15  The Seattle Prostate Institute approach to treatment planning for permanent implants......Page 200
16  103Pd brachytherapy: rationale, design, and evaluation......Page 224
17  Ultrasound-guided 103Pd prostate brachytherapy......Page 273
18  Optimizing real-time, interactive, ultrasoundguided prostate brachytherapy......Page 291
19  Real-time prostate brachytherapy: transition from intraoperative nomogram planning to virtual planning......Page 299
20  The ProSeed approach: a multicenter study of the results of brachytherapy training......Page 315
21  Functional image registration in brachytherapy......Page 326
22  A novel prostate brachytherapy technique: use of preloaded needles without spacers. The Frankford Hospital experience......Page 341
23  Radioimmunoguided prostate brachytherapy......Page 351
24  Prostate brachytherapy under local anesthesia......Page 366
25  The impact of hormonal therapy on pubic arch interference......Page 373
26  Using the needle manipulation ruler......Page 385
27  Using the perineal pressure applicator device......Page 391
28  Permanent prostate brachytherapy using sources embedded in absorbable vicryl suture and a preplanned, preloaded needle technique......Page 396
29  The Utrecht technique in RAPIDStrand TM afterloading......Page 405
30  The PIPER prostate brachytherapy planning system......Page 410
31  Robot-aided and 3D TRUS-guided intraoperative prostate brachytherapy......Page 417
32  Initial experience with the FIRST system in Utrecht......Page 439
Part IV  Treatment planning and techniques for high dose rate prostate brachytherapy......Page 454
33  High dose rate 192Ir prostate brachytherapy......Page 455
34 High dose rate prostate brachytherapy. Treatment planning and results from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center......Page 468
35 High dose rate afterloading 192Ir prostate brachytherapy......Page 478
36 High dose rate brachytherapy in patients with high IPSS, large glands, or with prior TURP......Page 503
Part V  Combination of external beam radiotherapy and prostate brachytherapy......Page 524
37 Combining external beam radiotherapy with prostate brachytherapy: issues and rationale......Page 525
38  The role of external beam radiotherapy and permanent prostate brachytherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer......Page 537
39  Simultaneous irradiation for prostate cancer: disease-free survival rates......Page 549
Part VI  Permanent radioactive seeds: issues and features......Page 558
40 Radioactive sources for insterstitial brachytherapy......Page 559
41 RADIOCOIL: a coiled wire brachytherapy source......Page 569
42  InterSource® brachytherapy seeds......Page 586
43  The customized monofilament: a new approach to permanent prostate brachytherapy......Page 592
Part VII  Postimplant: analysis of postimplant dosimetry......Page 602
44  Salvage of suboptimal prostate seed implantation: re-implantation of an underdosed region of the prostate base......Page 603
45  Can prostate brachytherapy treat potential extraprostatic disease?......Page 612
Part VIII  Quality of life and posttreatment sequelae after prostate brachytherapy......Page 621
46  Health-related quality of life following prostate brachytherapy......Page 622
47  Rectal complications following permanent seed implants......Page 629
48  Sexual function following permanent prostate brachytherapy......Page 639
49  Prostate-specific antigen bounce following prostate brachytherapy......Page 653
50  Factors predicting for urinary incontinence following prostate brachytherapy......Page 663
Index......Page 681