PMID: 8949762Jan 1, 1996Paper

Ten years of fast neutron therapy in Münster

Bulletin du cancer. Radiothérapie : journal de la Société française du cancer : organe de la société française de radiothérapie oncologique
F J ProttR Pötter

Abstract

The indication for neutron therapy in the treatment of malignant tumors is often uncertain. We therefore would like to present our experience of neutron therapy for different tumors in different localizations and discuss the indications for radiotherapy with neutrons. In Münster, 269 patients were treated with neutrons between 1985 and 1995, via a deuterium-tritium generator with an energy of 14 MeV. The tumors, treated mainly with neutrons, were 64 adenoid cystic carcinomas of the salivary glands, 42 soft tissue sarcomas, 37 rectal cancer recurrences and 20 recurrences in the head and neck region. Furthermore, patients with non adenoid cystic carcinomas of the salivary glands as well as ten other tumor sites also received this treatment, mainly with palliative intent. The 64 patients with adenoid cystic salivary gland tumors had either an unresectable primary tumor, an unresectable recurrence or residual tumor (R1, R2) after surgery. These patients showed complete remission in 78% and partial remission in 22%. The 2-year survival rate was 76%. Forty-two patients with soft tissue sarcomas after resection (R1, R2) and different gradings had an overall survival rate after 5 years of 53%. The 37 patients with rectal cancer recurre...Continue Reading

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