A novel concept of treatment of diffuse or multiple pleural tumors by boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-195

  Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Endo, Kazuo ^b   Satoh, Hiroaki ^c   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^d   Kumada, Hiroaki ^e   Kimura, Hiroyuki ^b   Masunaga, Shinichiro ^a   Kinashi, Yuko ^a   Nagata, Kenji ^a   Maruhashi, Akira ^d   Ono, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Malignant pleura mesothelioma; Thoracic tumor

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORONOPHENYLALANINE F 18; FRUCTOSE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; SEMINOMA; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49149100969     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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