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SUBMITTER: Yong Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5242447 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu 20161201 6
A phase I/II clinical trial for treating malignant melanoma by boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) was designed to evaluate whether the world's first in-hospital neutron irradiator (IHNI) was qualified for BNCT. In this clinical trial planning to enroll 30 patients, the first case was treated on August 19, 2014. We present the protocol of this clinical trial, the treating procedure, and the clinical outcome of this first case. Only grade 2 acute radiation injury was observed during the first fo ...[more]