A Review of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: Its History and Current Challenges

MECHANISM OF ACTION: External beam, whether with photons or particles, remains as the most common type of radiation therapy. The main drawback is that radiation deposits dose in healthy tissue before reaching its target. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is based on the nuclear capture and fissio...

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Autores principales: Jin, Will H., Seldon, Crystal, Butkus, Michael, Sauerwein, Wolfgang, Giap, Huan B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774489
http://dx.doi.org/10.14338/IJPT-22-00002.1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774489
http://dx.doi.org/10.14338/IJPT-22-00002.1

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