First clinical case of boron neutron capture therapy for head and neck malignancies using 18F‐BPA PET

Aihara, Teruhito; Hiratsuka, Junichi; Morita, Norimasa; Uno, Masako; Sakurai, Yoshinori; Maruhashi, Akira; Ono, Koji; Harada, Tamotsu

doi:10.1002/hed.20418

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First clinical case of boron neutron capture therapy for head and neck malignancies using 18F‐BPA PET

Published in Head & Neck • May 23, 2006

Authors:

Teruhito Aihara

Junichi Hiratsuka

Norimasa Morita

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We investigated the application of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) to suitable cancers other than glioblastoma and melanoma. Head and neck malignancies were consequently selected as adaptable cancers. We reported the clinical results of our first case treated and discussed several a...

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Medicine

Head and neck cancer

Nuclear medicine

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