2nd try -- interesting book on BNCT - anyone read it ?

["Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca>]

whoops -- got hit by the "from" bug again...  here's the entire message.

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> ...a message on the (small) BNCT listserv today mentioned the following
> book, information on which I got from the Amazon web site.
> Is there anyone in Radsafe land who might have read it & could comment on
> it, please ?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Jaro
> frantaj@aecl.ca
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> 
> Rae of Hope 
> by Howard S., M.D. Irons 
> Our Price: $12.95
> Paperback (December 1993) 
> Tabby House; ISBN: 1881539016 
> Amazon.com Sales Rank: 491,371 
> Editorial Reviews
>>From Booklist 
> On February 22, 1991, Rae Irons was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
> and given only a few months to live. This book, completed two and a half
> years later, tells two stories: that of the life of nurse Rae and
> physician Howard, her husband, and that of their journey to Japan to have
> boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). Both stories are often strongly
> emotional. Although retired, Rae and Howard lead active lives (children,
> grandchildren, tennis, golf, and many friends) and obviously care deeply
> for each other. The BNCT process, which has received little medical
> support or funding in the U.S., has apparently served more than 100
> patients (8 from the U.S.) of the Japanese doctor Hiroshi Hatanaka quite
> well. Rae has done well, too, and has successfully kept side effects of
> the therapy under control. In the book's final third, the Ironses tell of
> their efforts to obtain funding for BNCT in the U.S. and to generate
> widespread interest. William Beatty 
> 
> 
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