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During the biennial ISNCTC Symposia held in Bremen (1988)1 and Kobe (1994)2 we introduced the idea of a novel BNCT application. Its basic concept is the thermal neutron treatment of an explanted organ previously isolated and maintained in an extra-corporeal condition before reimplantation in the same donor patient (organ autotrans-plant). In those years some of us were refining the liver autotransplant technique later applied to several clinical cases.2 Therefore our efforts were directed to the liver metastases therapy as the first application of the method;2,16,17 in the future such a therapy could be extended to every organ suitable for autotransplant surgery.
The research is supported by I.N.F.N. since 1988. Support is also given by C.N.R. (A.C.R.O project) and I.R.C.C.S. Policlinic S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.
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Pinelli, T. et al. (2001). Operative Modalities and Effects of BNCT on Liver Metastases of Colon Adenocarcinoma. In: Hawthorne, M.F., Shelly, K., Wiersema, R.J. (eds) Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1285-1_216
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