2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

Session

M2-4 DPMB 101 - Part 2 (DPMB) / DPMB 101 - Partie 2 (DPMB)

M2-4

7 Jun 2021, 12:45

Underline Conference System

Conveners

M2-4 DPMB 101 - Part 2 (DPMB) / DPMB 101 - Partie 2 (DPMB)

• Melanie Campbell (University of Waterloo)

734. Neutrons in Medicine

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)...