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Dosimetry and Clinical Uses of Afterloading Systems. Ed. by A. R. Alderson, pp. 88, 1986 (Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine, London), £12.00. ISBN 0–904181–40–5

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This book reports the proceedings of a meeting of the Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine held at St Bartholomew's Hospital in May 1985. It is, therefore, a useful guide to the different techniques currently available for the afterloading of sealed radioactive sources for intracavitary radiotherapy.

The first two chapters examine the radiobiology and the techniques for high-dose-rate afterloading. High dose rate in this context is about 3 Gy min^–1 to Point A. Chapter 1 highlights some of the anomalies in current statements of dose and Chapter 2 outlines the changes in the pattern of work which result from adopting this technique. Both chapters conclude that large departments with a significant demand for intracavitary radiotherapy should adopt high-dose-rate afterloading, while smaller departments should content themselves with manual afterloading.