Californium-252 Isotope for 21st Century Radiotherapy

Yosh Maruyama — Father of Neutron Brachytherapy.- I. Production and Physical Properties of Californium Sources.- Californium-252 Production and Neutron Source Fabrication.- Physics and Dosimetry of Clinical 252Cf Sources.- II. Brachytherapy of Gynaecological Tumors.- Ta?ev of Cf-252 and Ra-226 Radiation Doses and the Reoxygenation and Regression of Cervix Uteri Tumor. Part I: Clinical Experimental Study.- The Relationship of Cf-252 and Ra-226 Radiation Doses and the Reoxygenation and Regression of Cervix Uteri Tumor. Part II: Preliminary Results in Advanced Cervical Carcinoma.- Californium-252 and Hypoxyradiotherapy in Treatment of Advanced Carcinoma of the Cervix Uteri.- Results of Mixed Radiation Therapy of Endometrial Cancer using Neutron Gamma-Therapy.- Preoperative Intracavitary Neutron Therapy Carcinoma of Endometrial and Cervix.- The Results of Treatment of Patients with Endometrial Cancer and Carcinoma Cervix using Californium-252 HDR.- Clinical Experience of Neutron Brachytherapy for Patients with Cervix Carcinoma.- III. Brachytherapy of Head and Neck Tumors.- Radiation Injuries of Oral Cavity and Oropharynx after Interstitial Neutron Brachytherapy and Gamma-Therapy.- Brachytherapy with Californium-252 for Head and Neck Tumors.- Immunoendocrine Homeostasis State in Patients with Cancer of the Buccal Mucosa after Interstitial Therapy with Californium-252.- IV. Brachytherapy of Rectal Tumors and Sarcomas.- Intracavitary Neutron Therapy for Malignant Rectal Tumors using High Cf-252 Sources.- Preoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Rectal Carcinoma.- Californium-252 in the Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- V. Dosimetry, Radiobiology and Treatment Planning of Mixed Neutron-Photon Radiation.- Treatment Planning for Interstitial and Intracavitary Cf-252Neutron Brachytherapy.- Dosimetry and Treatment Planning in High Dose Rate Cf-252 Brachytherapy.- To the Problem on Selection of the Target in Brachytherapy with Cf-252.- Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Cf-252 Brachytherapy: Clinical and Technological Aspects.- Biological Effects of Gamma-Neutron Radiation Cf-252 or Fission Neutron from the BR-10 Reactor on Tumor and Normal Cells and Tissues.- Cf-252 Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer: Monte Carlo Studies of the Effect of Tissue Heterogeneity.- VI. Source Design and Delivery.- Automatic Afterloading Device for Neutron Brachytherapy (ANET-BA).- Small Accelerators — An Alternative Source of Neutrons for Brachytherapy.- The IEC as a Complementary Neutron Source to Cf-252.