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Clinical application of boron neutron capture therapy for cancer treatment: A systematic review
Ling Zhou1,2, Yuming Chen1,2, Meng Peng1,2
1Cancer Center The Tenth Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Dongguan People's Hospital) Dongguan Guangdong China.
Abstract:
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) combines boron drug delivery and heavy-ion therapy. The key factors in the application of BNCT are high-quality neutron beams and boron-containing compounds. It can be used to treat gliomas, meningiomas, melanomas, and recurrent head and neck cancers. To promote the research and development of accelerator-based neutron sources, increase the tumor targeting capability of boron drugs, and improve BNCT efficacy in treating malignancies, this review provides an overview of the development of boron-containing compounds and the progress made in clinical studies using BNCT.
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