Conveners
M2-4 DPMB 101 - Part 2 (DPMB) / DPMB 101 - Partie 2 (DPMB)
- Melanie Campbell (University of Waterloo)
Fiona McNeill
(McMaster University)
07/06/2021, 12:45
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)
Neutrons were applied in the study of medicine very quickly. A mere six years after discovery, neutrons were first used for cancer therapy. Interest in neutron radiotherapy waxed and waned over the following decades. The last use of neutron-only therapy, treating cancer of the salivary glands, ceased several years ago.
There is, however, still interest in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)...
