Combination of boron neutron capture therapy and external beam radiotherapy for brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 267-277

  Barth, Rolf F ^a   Grecula, John C ^a   Yang, Weilan ^a   Rotaru, Joan H ^a   Nawrocky, Marta ^b   Gupta, Nilendu ^a   Albertson, Brent J ^a   Ferketich, Amy K ^a   Moeschberger, Melvin L ^a   Coderre, Jeffrey A ^b,d   Rofstad, Einar K ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BNCT; Intracerebral glioma; Intracerebral melanoma; X ray boost

Indexed keywords

BORON; BRAIN; CELLS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; TUMORS; X RAYS;

BIODISTRIBUTIONS;

ONCOLOGY;

BOROCAPTATE; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 10744231786     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)01613-4     Document Type: Article

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