Jyoti Mayadev, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Brachytherapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center , Sacramento, CA, USA, Stanley H. Benedict, PhD, FAAPM, Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

Mitchell Kamrava, MD, Chief, Division of Brachytherapy, Chief, Gynecologic and Sarcoma Services, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Provides a succinct and comprehensive overview of image-guided brachytherapy

Describes implantation techniques for brachytherapy

Discusses site-specific guidelines for brachytherapy

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Part I: Radiobiology and Physics of Image-Guided Brachytherapy.- Radiobiology of Brachytherapy.- General Physics Principles in Brachytherapy.- Treatment Delivery Technology for Brachytherapy.- Image Guidance Systems for Brachytherapy.- Quality Assurance in Brachytherapy.- Part II: Clinical Applications of Image-Guided Brachytherapy.- Anesthesia and Procedural Care for Brachytherapy.- Breast Brachytherapy.- Eye Plaque Brachytherapy.- Head and Neck Brachytherapy.- Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Esophageal Cancer.- Gastrointestinal Brachytherapy: Anal and Rectal Cancer.- Image Guided LDR Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer.- High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer.- Gynecologic Cancer and HDR Brachytherapy: Cervical, Endometrial, Vaginal, Vulva.- Skin Brachytherapy.- Sarcoma and HDR Brachytherapy: Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- Image Guided BrachyAblation (IGBA) for Liver Metastases and Primary Liver Cancers.- Central Nervous System Brachytherapy.- Lung Brachytherapy.