头颈癌曾在《Wiley Online Library》发表的题为:Preliminary outcomes of boron neutron capture therapy for head and neck cancers as a treatment covered by public health insurance system in Japan: Real‐world experiences over a 2‐year period的研究论文中,报告了硼中子俘获疗法(BNCT)治疗头颈癌的初步结果。80.5%的患者肿瘤缩小或消失,其中32例患者实现完全缓解(CR),26例患者实现部分缓解(PR)。1年无进展生存率(PFS)为42.2%,一年总生存率(OS)为75.4%。