[Neutron therapy at the radiology center of the West German Tumor Center at Essen University Hospital. Preliminary results during the treatment time from January 1978 to September 1979].
The preliminary results of neutron treatment of 104 patients are analysed. Most of them suffered from advanced or recurrent tumors. A complete tumour regression was observed in 55 cases and a partial regression in 22 cases (tumour involution less than or equal to 50% of the original extent). 19 patients developed recurrences, 15 of them received reduced doses. In 8 cases neutron therapy failed. Applying stringent requirements for neutron therapy, a complication rate of approximately 10% is to be expected.
D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009502:Neutrons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
Neutronentherapie am Radiologischen Zentrum des Westdeutschen Tumorzentrums des Universitätsklinikums Essen. Vorläufige Ergebnisse des Behandlungszeitraumes Januar 1978 bis September 1979.