Abstract
The paper discusses the results of treatment of 128 patients with head and neck cancer in whom fast neutrons (Y-120; ~6.2 MeV) were used as a single procedure or in combination with surgery. Tumors of different histomorphologic structure displayed unequal sensitivity to fast neutrons. Mean disease-free survival in patients with complete regression of tumor was 24 months following neutron therapy alone, 18.5 months after combined neutron-photon treatment and 5.5 months only in controls. Relapse rates were 20 and 15% in patients with pre- and postoperative neutron treatment, respectively, as compared to 52% in controls.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1341-1345 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Voprosy Onkologii |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 1989 |
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- Oncology
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Zyryanov, B. N., Musabayeva, L. I., Lisin, V. A., Lavrenkov, K. A., Kitsmanyuk, Z. D., Shumayeva, O. D., ... Gorbatenko, A. I. (1989). Three-year experience with fast neutron irradiation using Y-120 cyclotron. Voprosy Onkologii, 35(11), 1341-1345.