We seem to rarely (if ever) see a post related to Neutron Therapy, but apparently the the side-effects are similar to IMRT.

According to this article, doctors use neutron therapy to treat only about 100 people a year with. About 80 percent of these patients have tumors of their major or minor salivary glands - There are only a few treatment facilities, one being U of W.

http://www.radonc.washington.edu/clinical-cyclotron/neutron-therapy/

Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11