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Neutrons for dignostics and therapy
Medical applications of neutrons began soon after the discovery of the particles.
As early as 1940, Robert S. Stone experimented fast neutron radiotherapy.
Boron-neutron therapy experiments began soon after, in 1951. This approach combines combining thermic neutrons and chemical markers.
Its principle had been described by G. L. Locher in 1936. Boron-neutron therapy, promising but complex to develop,
was still in a validation stage in 2002. Despite that, recent proposals suggest the combination of these two techniques,
i.e. amplifying the effects of fast neutron radiotherapy via the boron-neutron technique.
Source:
Boron-neutron therapy (Nanopolis)
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Purpose: To examine the efficacy of fast neutron radiotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced
and/or recurrent adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck and to identify prognostic variables associated
with local-regional control and survival.
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