1. Dedication

   • Rolf F. Barth

   Announcement Pages: v - v

2. A critical assessment of boron neutron capture therapy: an overview

   • Rolf F. Barth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 5

3. Fission reactor neutron sources for neutron capture therapy — a critical review

   • Otto K. Harling
   • Kent J. Riley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 17

4. Accelerator-based epithermal neutron sources for boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors

   • Thomas E. Blue
   • Jacquelyn C. Yanch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 31

5. A critical assessment of boron target compounds for boron neutron capture therapy

   • M. Frederick Hawthorne
   • Mark W. Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 45

6. Ligand liposomes and boron neutron capture therapy

   • Jörgen Carlsson
   • Erika Bohl Kullberg
   • Lars Gedda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 59

7. Rat brain tumor models to assess the efficacy of boron neutron capture therapy: a critical evaluation

   • Rolf F. Barth
   • Weilian Yang
   • Jeffrey A. Coderre

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 74

8. Computational dosimetry and treatment planning considerations for neutron capture therapy

   • David W. Nigg

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 86

9. Clinical review of the japanese experience with boron neutron capture therapy and a proposed strategy using epithermal neutron beams

   • Yoshinobu Nakagawa
   • Kyonghon Pooh
   • Hiroaki Kumada

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 99

10. Assessment of the results from the phase I/II boron neutron capture therapy trials at the Brookhaven National Laboratory from a clinician’s point of view

    • Aidnag Z. Diaz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 109

11. A critical examination of the results from the Harvard-MIT NCT program phase I clinical trial of neutron capture therapy for intracranial disease

    • Paul M. Busse
    • Otto K. Harling
    • Robert G. Zamenhof

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 121

12. Boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors: clinical trials at the Finnish facility using boronophenylalanine

    • Heikki Joensuu
    • Leena Kankaanranta
    • Sauli Savolainen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 134

13. Boron neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma multiforme: clinical studies in Sweden

    • Jacek Capala
    • Britta H.-Stenstam
    • Roger Henriksson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 144

14. Tissue uptake of BSH in patients with glioblastoma in the EORTC 11961 phase I BNCT trial

    • Katalin Hideghéty
    • Wolfgang Sauerwein
    • Detlef Gabel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 156

15. Pharmacokinetics of sodium borocaptate: a critical assessment of dosing paradigms for boron neutron capture therapy

    • Christopher R. Gibson
    • Alfred E. Staubus
    • Melvin M. Moeschberger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 169

16. Pharamacokinetic modeling for boronophenylalanine-fructose mediated neutron capture therapy:¹⁰B concentration predictions and dosimetric consequences

    • W. S. Kiger
    • M. R. Palmer
    • P. M. Busse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 186

17. The use of positron emission tomography to develop boron neutron capture therapy treatment plans for metastatic malignant melanoma

    • George W. Kabalka
    • Trent L. Nichols
    • Paul M. Busse

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 195

18. Common challenges and problems in clinical trials of boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors

    • N. Gupta
    • R. A. Gahbauer
    • B. Albertson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 210

19. Calendar

    Events Pages: 211 - 213