Gordon Konstantin, Gulidov Igor, Fatkhudinov Timur, Koryakin Sergey, Kaprin Andrey
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "People's Friendship University of Russia," Medical Institution, Moscow, Russia.
A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center-branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Obninsk, Russia.
Int J Part Ther. 2022 Aug 5;9(2):59-69. doi: 10.14338/IJPT-22-00017. eCollection 2022 Fall.
Fast neutron therapy has been used for decades. In conjunction with recent advances in photonic techniques, fast neutrons are no longer of much oncologic interest, which is not unequivocally positive, given their undoubted therapeutic value. This mini-review recalls the history of medical research on fast neutrons, considers their physical and radiobiological properties alongside their benefits for cancer treatment, and discusses their place in modern radiation oncology.
快中子疗法已经应用了数十年。随着光子技术的最新进展,快中子在肿瘤学方面已不再具有太大的研究价值,尽管其治疗价值毋庸置疑,但这并非绝对是好事。这篇小型综述回顾了快中子医学研究的历史,探讨了其物理和放射生物学特性以及在癌症治疗中的优势,并讨论了它们在现代放射肿瘤学中的地位。