Neutron capture therapy of cancer
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neutron-capture-therapy-of-cancer-185-97034
title:
Neutron capture therapy of cancer
text:
Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is a type of radiotherapy for treating locally invasive malignant tumors such as primary brain tumors, recurrent cancers of the head and neck region, and cutaneous and extracutaneous melanomas. It is a two-step process: first, the patient is injected with a tumor-localizing drug containing the stable isotope boron-10 (ⁱ⁰B), which has a high propensity to capture low energy "thermal" neutrons. The neutron cross section of ⁱ⁰B is 1,000 times more than that of other el
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Nonsurgical therapeutic modality for treating locally invasive malignant tumors
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_capture_therapy_of_cancer
date created:
2011-08-04T17:39:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T12:47:17Z
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13
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