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In conventional external beam radiation therapy of intracranial high grade gliomas the dose that can be delivered to the tumor is limited by the tolerance of adjacent normal brain. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) theoretically allows the selective delivery of high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation to brain tumors while at the same time sparing surrounding normal brain tissue.
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Philipp, K.H.I., Huiskamp, R., Casado, J., Moss, R.L. (1996). Normal Tissue Tolerance and Fractionation Effects in Dogs of Boron Neutron Capture Irradiation with Borocaptate Sodium (BSH). In: Mishima, Y. (eds) Cancer Neutron Capture Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9567-7_114
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