THE GEC ESTROHANDBOOKOF BRACHYTHERAPY | Part I: The Basics of Brachytherapy
Version 1 - 22/10/2015
Radiobiology of LDR, HDR, PDR and VLDR Brachytherapy
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors of this chapter are much indebted to the authors of the original
version of the chapter on Radiobiology of Brachytherapy and the Dose-Rate
Effect in the first Edition of The GEC-ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy,
Jean-Jacques Mazeron, Pierre Scalliet and Eric Lartigau.
AUTHORS
Erik Van Limbergen
Department of Radiation Oncology
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Leuven
Belgium
Michael Joiner
Wayne State University
Detroit
USA
Albert Van der Kogel
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Wolfgang Dörr
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna
Austria