Current status of boron neutron capture therapy of high grade gliomas and recurrent head and neck cancer

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a biochemically targeted radiotherapy based on the nuclear capture and fission reactions that occur when non-radioactive boron-10, which is a constituent of natural elemental boron, is irradiated with low energy thermal neutrons to yield high linear energy tra...

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Main Authors: Barth, Rolf F (Author), Vicente, M Graca H (Author), Harling, Otto K (Author), Kiger, W S III (Author), Riley, Kent J (Author), Binns, Peter J (Author), Wagner, Franz M (Author), Suzuki, Minoru (Author), Aihara, Teruhito (Author), Kato, Itsuro (Author), Kawabata, Shinji (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor), Harling, Otto K. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Springer/BioMed Central Ltd, 2012-09-17T15:55:59Z.
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