Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 183-191, August 2008

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for glioblastoma multiforme: A phase II study evaluating a prolonged high-dose of boronophenylalanine (BPA)☆

  • Roger Henriksson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Sciences & Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Roger Henriksson, Department of Radiation Sciences & Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå S-901 85, Sweden.
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  • Jacek Capala

      Affiliations

    • Studsvik Medical Co., Nyköping, Sweden
    • Unit for Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Annika Michanek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Sten-Åke Lindahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Karlstad Central Hospital, Sweden
    • ,
  • Leif G. Salford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery and Radiation Physics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • ,
  • Lars Franzén

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Sciences & Oncology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Erik Blomquist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan-Erik Westlin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Central Hospital, Eskilstuna, Sweden
    • ,
  • A. Tommy Bergenheim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Received 5 September 2005; received in revised form 9 April 2006 and 7 February 2008; accepted 21 February 2008. published online 12 March 2008.

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☆ The study was conducted as a project within the Swedish Brain Tumour Study Group.

PII: S0167-8140(08)00114-X

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2006.04.015

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 88, Issue 2 , Pages 183-191, August 2008

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