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

<p>Abstract</p> <p>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 neu...

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Main Authors: Barth Rolf F, Vicente M Graca H, Harling Otto K, Kiger W S, Riley Kent J, Binns Peter J, Wagner Franz M, Suzuki Minoru, Aihara Teruhito, Kato Itsuro, Kawabata Shinji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/7/1/146