Histopathological findings in autopsied glioblastoma patients treated by mixed neutron beam BNCT

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Kageji, Teruyoshi ^a   Nagahiro, Shinji ^a   Uyama, Shinichi ^a   Mizobuchi, Yoshifumi ^a   Toi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Muneo ^b   Nakagawa, Yoshinobu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Glioblastoma; Neutron beam; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BOROCAPTATE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEAM THERAPY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOTOMY; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 2942701992     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000024725.31515.22     Document Type: Article

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