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Retrograde Parotid Gland Infusion through Stensen's Duct in a Non-Human Primate for Vectored Gene Delivery
Published on: August 12, 2021
Neutron radiation therapy of parotid gland tumors
Abstract:
A retrospective analysis of 9 patients treated with cyclotron fast neurons for tumors arising from the parotid gland is presented. In 3 of 4 patients who survived longer than 2 years, significant normal tissue damage occurred within the treatment volume. Five patients treated with neutrons or surgery plus neutrons for primary tumors stage III did not have a better prognosis with regard to survival than a comparable group of patients treated with conventional methods (i.e. surgery, photons, or a combination thereof). These results appear to be similar to those obtained for parotid tumors treated with neutrons in the early 1940's by STONE.
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