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Berry, Oliver and Porter have ably restated the facts we attempted to summarize in the second paragraph of our letter, but do not appear to have grasped the need for a compromise between the desirable high linear energy transfer associated with low-energy neutrons and the desirable penetrating power associated with high-energy neutrons. We do not suggest that 14-MeV neutrons give the best compromise of this type, but merely that since they are obtainable from a relatively cheap and compact source, their usefulness is worthy of experimental evaluation.
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LOMER, P., GREENE, D. A Fast-neutron Source for Radiotherapy. Nature 199, 923 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199923b0
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