5 Radiobiology of LDR, HDR, PDR and VLDR Brachytherapy

Radiobiology of LDR, HDR, PDR and VLDR Brachytherapy

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THE GEC ESTROHANDBOOKOF BRACHYTHERAPY | Part I: The Basics of Brachytherapy Version 1 - 22/10/2015

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