Impact of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT) on the treatment of multiple liver tumors and malignant pleural mesothelioma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^b   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^b   Kashino, Genro ^a   Yong, Liu ^a   Masunaga, Shinichiro ^a   Kinashi, Yuko ^a   Mitsumoto, Toshinori ^c   Yajima, Satoru ^c   Tsutsui, Hiroshi ^c   Sato, Takemi ^c   Maruhashi, Akira ^b   Ono, Koji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerator based neutron source; Boron neutron capture therapy; Liver tumor; Malignant pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON THERAPY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949112466     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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