Robotic Radiosurgery Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications

Download or read book Robotic Radiosurgery Treating Prostate Cancer and Related Genitourinary Applications written by Lee E. Ponsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The treatment of prostate cancer continues to be problematic owing to serious side-effects, including erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. Robotic radiosurgery offers a novel, rapid, non-invasive outpatient treatment option that combines robotics, advanced image-guided spatial positioning, and motion detection with submillimeter precision. This book examines all aspects of the treatment of prostate cancer with robotic radiosurgery. It explains how image-guided robotic radiosurgery overcomes the problem of patient motion during radiation therapy by continuously identifying the precise location of the prostate tumor throughout the course of treatment. Hypofractionated radiation delivery by means of robotic radiosurgery systems is also discussed in detail. The book closes by examining other emerging genitourinary applications of robotic radiosurgery. All of the authors are experts in their field who present a persuasive case for this fascinating technique.