BNCT for advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer

• Published in: Applied radiation and isotopes Vol. 88; pp. 12 - 15
• Main Authors: Aihara, Teruhito, Morita, Norimasa, Kamitani, Nobuhiko, Kumada, Hiroaki, Ono, Koji, Hiratsuka, Junichi, Harada, Tamotsu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2014
• Subjects: BNCT; Boron Neutron Capture Therapy - adverse effects; Boron Neutron Capture Therapy - methods; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - radiotherapy; Disease-Free Survival; Evidence-Based Medicine; Head and neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Humans; Locally advanced non-SCC; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnostic imaging; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - radiotherapy; Radiation Injuries - etiology; Radiation Injuries - prevention & control; Radionuclide Imaging; Radiotherapy Dosage; Recurrent SCC; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Head and neck cancer; BNCT; Recurrent SCC; Locally advanced non-SCC

The therapeutic effect of surgery and/or combination of conventional chemoradiotherapy is limited in the patients with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and locally advanced non-squamous cell carcinoma without malignant melanoma (non-SCC) of the head and neck. Currently, clinical trials of BNC...