Initiatives Toward Clinical Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in Japan

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) has been performed at nuclear research reactors for many years. The development of accelerators for BNCT resulted in a paradigm shift from research to real clinical applications. In Japan, BNCT was approved as a clinical therapy covered by the National Health Ins...

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Autores principales: Matsumura, Akira, Asano, Tomoyuki, Hirose, Katsumi, Igaki, Hiroshi, Kawabata, Shinji, Kumada, Hiroaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2023
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cbr.2022.0056
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Sumario:Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) has been performed at nuclear research reactors for many years. The development of accelerators for BNCT resulted in a paradigm shift from research to real clinical applications. In Japan, BNCT was approved as a clinical therapy covered by the National Health Insurance in 2020. In this article, the status of BNCT in Japan is briefly introduced.

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