NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY OF A CEREBELLAR HEMANGIOSARCOMA AFTER SURGICAL AND RADIATION TREATMENT
A patient with a hioghly maliognant vascular sarcoma of the cerebellum was treated hv neutron capture therapy. Almost complete elimination of the neoplasm was attained. Other than the skin, normal tissues about and within the neoplastioc mass did not appear to be adversely affected. An unusual and unexpected bulbar conjunctivitis was observed as a complication. The degree of control attained by this experimental procedure was more positive than that previously attained by surgery or conventional x-ray therapy. This is the first attempt to control an intracranial tumor other than glioblastoma multiforme by this procedure. The patient is noteworthy for the extreme retention of carbon dioxiode, 60 milli-equivalents per liter in the blood, apparently resulting from functional disturbances of the respiratory center. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. , Upton N.Y.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-002880
- OSTI ID:
- 4832311
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-4883
- Journal Information:
- J. Nuclear Med., Vol. Vol: 2; Other Information: BNL-4883. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-62
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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