Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) followed by intensity modulated chemoradiotherapy as primary treatment of large head and neck cancer with intracranial involvement

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-99

  Kankaanranta, Leena ^a   Saarilahti, Kauko ^a   Mäkitie, Antti ^a   Välimäki, Petteri ^b   Tenhunen, Mikko ^a   Joensuu, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Boneca Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ETHMOID SINUS; EXOPHTHALMOS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LETTER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASAL BIOPSY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; VISUAL ACUITY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954584220     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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