First attempt of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for hepatocellular carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 376-381

  Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^a   Hagiwara, Satoru ^b   Masunaga, Shinichiro ^a   Kinashi, Yuko ^a   Nagata, Kenji ^a   Maruhashi, Akira ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^b   Ono, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver tumors

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BOROCAPTATE; EPIRUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34547866742     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym039     Document Type: Article

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