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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a cancer treatment modality based on the nuclear capture and fission reactions that occur when boron‐10, a stable isotope, is irradiated with neutrons of the appropriate energy to produce boron‐11 in an unstable ...
Nilendu Gupta
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Biodistribution of 10B in Glioma Orthotopic Xenograft Mouse Model after Injection of L-para-Boronophenylalanine and Sodium Borocaptate [PDF]
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is based on the ability of the boron-10 (10B) isotope to capture epithermal neutrons, as a result of which the isotope becomes unstable and decays into kinetically active elements that destroy cells where the nuclear ...
Natalya V. Gubanova +4 more
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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy - A Literature Review [PDF]
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a radiation science which is emerging as a hopeful tool in treating cancer, by selectively concentrating boron compounds in tumour cells and then subjecting the tumour cells to epithermal neutron beam radiation ...
Kavitaa Nedunchezhian +3 more
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(1) Background: Developments in accelerator-based neutron sources moved boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) to the next phase, where new neutron radiation parameters had to be studied for the treatment of cancers, including brain tumors.
Vladimir Kanygin +11 more
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Introduction. Boron neutron capture therapy (bnct) is a promising method for treating tumors, in particular, infiltrative malignant tumors, due to the selective destruction of tumor cells without damaging the surrounding normal tissues.
V. V. Kanygin +6 more
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Experimental validation of proton boron capture therapy for glioma cells
Proton boron capture therapy (PBCT) has emerged from particle acceleration research for enhancing the biological effectiveness of proton therapy. The mechanism responsible for the dose increase was supposed to be related to proton-boron fusion reactions (
Tatiana Shtam +16 more
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(1) Background: accelerator-based neutron sources are a new frontier for BNCT but many technical issues remain. We aimed to study such issues and results in larger-animal BNCT (cats and dogs) with naturally occurring, malignant tumors in different ...
Vladimir Kanygin +8 more
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The basis and advances in clinical application of boron neutron capture therapy
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) was first proposed as early as 1936, and research on BNCT has progressed relatively slowly but steadily. BNCT is a potentially useful tool for cancer treatment that selectively damages cancer cells while sparing ...
Huifang He +9 more
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Background p-Boronophenylalanine (10BPA) is a powerful 10B drug used in current clinical trials of BNCT. For BNCT to be successful, a high (500 mg/kg) dose of 10BPA must be administered over a few hours.
Tohru Yoneyama +11 more
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Boron-rich nanocarriers possess great potential for advanced boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) as an effective radiation treatment for invasive malignant tumors.
Simon Coninx +6 more
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