Clinical experience with fast neutrons in Amsterdam.
Since November 1972 a pilot study of fast neutron therapy has been carried out in Amsterdam at the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital (the Netherlands Cancer Institute). With a d + T machine almost 200 patients were treated in 2 years. In this paper the preliminary results will be discussed.
D005214:Fast Neutrons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D009502:Neutrons; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy