GEC ESTRO Handbook of Brachytherapy_introduction

Introduction

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THE GEC ESTRO HANDBOOK OF BRACHYTHERAPY Version 3 - 01/08/2022

The enlarged and renewed author group comprises experts in the various fields of brachytherapy, in particular those who have been active within GEC ESTRO and the various educational activities of the ESTRO School and ESTRO. Also the editor group has recently been adapted and extended with some “refreshment”. Those chapters that are considered ready for publication will become available on the ESTRO’s E-Library, the first in December 2014. A printed paper edition may be considered as appropriate when all the chapters are finished. An overview of all planned chapters is provided in the “Table of Contents” which will be continuously available on the E-Library. The chapters as published on the Internet are in bold letters with the publication date indicated.They are directly accessible through the “Table of Contents”. Access to the Handbook remains open to anyone with aMyESTRO account. There is no need to be ESTRO member to create a MyESTRO account. We hope that this GEC ESTRO publication initiative based on the new ESTRO’s E-Library for on line education will grow andmature with time and will contribute to further strengthen GEC ESTRO and ESTRO educational activities in order to support continuously the further development of brachytherapy and radiotherapy in Europe and all over the world.

Brussels, December 2014/March 2022 (revised)