An Updated Edition of the Most Comprehensive Guide to Spine Radiosurgery

New York, NY, September 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Spine Radiosurgery, Second Edition, includes discussions of the latest devices, treatment planning techniques, target definition, and patient selection in this specialty. This new edition features extensive updates of radiobiology, physics and techniques, and an entire new section on spine metastases.

“All in all, the authors and editors have delivered a superb and contemporary product, a must-have for anyone practicing in this field.” – From the Foreword by Minesh P. Mehta, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine

This book is a key resource for clinicians, fellows, and residents in neurosurgery and radiation oncology. Spine surgeons, orthopaedists, medical physicists, and oncologists at all levels will also benefit from the wealth of information provided.

Gerszten/Ryu
Spine Radiosurger
Second Edition
Thieme Publishers, New York/Stuttgart.2015
220 pp, 150 illustrations
Hardcover
ISBN: 9781626230347
eBook - Available from ebookstore.thieme.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes
eISBN: 9781626230354
€159.99/$179.99

About the Authors

Peter Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS, is Peter E. Sheptak Professor, Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Samuel Ryu, MD, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Neurosurgery, and Deputy Director of The Cancer Center, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.

About Thieme
Thieme Publishing Group is a medical and scientific publishing house employing more than 900 staff and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Rio and Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing. Thieme publishes 150 peer-reviewed journals and more than 450 new books annually. The company has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. State-of-the-art online products include eNeurosurgery, eOtolaryngology, eSpine, Medlantis, Thieme eJournals, Thieme Electronic Book Library, and the medical student website WinkingSkull.com and Thieme Teaching Assistant, an innovative web-based platform for faculty. For more information about Thieme, please visit www.thieme.com.