Clinical experience of fast neutron therapy for carcinoma of the uterine cervix
Creators
- 1. National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba-Shi, Japan
Description
Fast neutron therapy for locally advanced or radioresistant malignant tumors was started in November 1975 at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan. To evaluate the effectiveness of fast neutron therapy, mixed neutron-photon fractionated irradiation, on squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, 98 patients with Stage IIIb disease were examined to study the correlation between local control rate and histological types. The local control rate after neutron-mixed beam therapy was 73%, which decreased to 66% with photon irradiation. The five year survival rate was 49% for patients receiving neutron therapy and 49% for those receiving photon therapy. There was no significant difference in complications between the neutron therapy and photon therapy group
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 1439-1445
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
- CODEN
- IOBPD
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17016921
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AFTERLOADING; CARCINOMAS; COBALT 60; FAST NEUTRONS; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMORRHAGE; ISODOSE CURVES; NEUTRON THERAPY; PATIENTS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RECTUM; SIDE EFFECTS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM DISEASES; UTERUS; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COBALT ISOTOPES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FEMALE GENITALS; FERMIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HADRONS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; INTESTINES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LARGE INTESTINE; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MOCKUP; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; STRUCTURAL MODELS; SYMPTOMS; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES