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Paving the Road for Modern Particle Therapy - What Can We Learn from the Experience Gained with Fast Neutron Therapy in Munich?

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Specht, Hanno M; Neff, Teresa; Reuschel, Waltraud; Wagner, Franz M; Kampfer, Severin; Wilkens, Jan J; Petry, Winfried; Combs, Stephanie E
Abstract:
While neutron therapy was a highly topical subject in the 70s and 80s, today there are only a few remaining facilities offering fast neutron therapy (FNT). Nevertheless, up to today more than 30,000 patients were treated with neutron therapy. For some indications like salivary gland tumors and malignant melanoma, there is clinical evidence that the addition of FNT leads to superior local control compared to photon treatment alone. FNT was available in Munich from 1985 until 2000 at the Reactor N...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Front Oncol
Year:
2015
Journal volume:
5
Pages contribution:
262
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3389/fonc.2015.00262
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26640777
Print-ISSN:
2234-943X
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für RadioOnkologie und Strahlentherapie
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