Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy
Contributors: M. Frederick Hawthorne (Editor); Kenneth Shelly (Editor); Richard J. Wiersema (Editor)
Edition: 2 Vol. Set edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1508
ISBN-13: 9780306464423
Subjects: Medical research; Oncology; Cancer Radiotherapy; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Diagnostic Imaging; Radiology; Medical / Diseases / Cancer; Boron-neutron capture therapy; Congresses; Neoplasms; Neutron Capture Therapy; radiotherapy
First sentence: The first Phase I human trials of epithermal-neutron BNCT for high-grade primary brain tumors (Glioblastoma Multiforme) were initiated at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1994.