Boron neutron capture therapy: a review of clinical applications

TD Malouff, DS Seneviratne, DK Ebner… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is an emerging treatment modality aimed at
improving the therapeutic ratio for traditionally difficult to treat tumors. BNCT utilizes …

Boron in cancer therapeutics: An overview

S Kulkarni, D Bhandary, Y Singh, V Monga… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Boron has become crucial weapon in anticancer research due to significant intervention in
the cell proliferation. Being an excellent bio-isosteric replacement for carbon, it has …

Key biological mechanisms involved in high-LET radiation therapies with a focus on DNA damage and repair

Z Nikitaki, A Velalopoulou, V Zanni, I Tremi… - Expert reviews in …, 2022 - cambridge.org
DNA damage and repair studies are at the core of the radiation biology field and represent
also the fundamental principles informing radiation therapy (RT). DNA damage levels are a …

Use of a neural network‐based prediction method to calculate the therapeutic dose in boron neutron capture therapy of patients with glioblastoma

F Tian, S Zhao, C Geng, C Guo, R Wu… - Medical physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a binary radiotherapy based on the
10B (n, α) 7Li capture reaction. Nonradioactive isotope 10B atoms which selectively …

Analysis of influencing factors on the method for determining boron concentration and dose through dual prompt gamma detection

F Tian, CR Geng, XB Tang, DY Shu, HF Ye… - Nuclear Science and …, 2021 - Springer
A method based on the cross-sectional relationship between 10 B (n, α) 7 Li and 1 H (n, γ) 2
H was proposed to detect and reconstruct the three-dimensional boron concentration/dose …

Combined BNCT-CIRT treatment planning for glioblastoma using the effect-based optimization

Y Han, C Geng, S Altieri, S Bortolussi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT) are
emerging treatment modalities for glioblastoma. In this study, we investigated the …

[PDF][PDF] Bor ve sağlık

Ö SÖĞÜT, O ACAR - Journal of Literature Pharmacy …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Sağlıklı canlıların metabolizmalarında önemli rolü olan bor, bir mikrobesindir. Borun insan
sağlığına olan etkilerini özetlersek;(1) Kemiklerin yapısının korunması, büyümesi ve bakımı …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of lifetime attributable risk of post-irradiation secondary cancer of boron neutron capture therapy, proton beam therapy, and X-ray therapy for …

S Suzuki, S Shiba, H Tanaka, M Yamanaka… - Clinical and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background and purpose This study aimed to compare the post-irradiation secondary
cancer rates of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), proton beam therapy (PBT), and X …

Significant Risks Medical Devices–Radiology

P Thangaraju, B Aravind Kumar, H Velmurugan… - … and Nonsignificant Risk …, 2024 - Springer
Medical devices in radiology play a vital role in diagnosing and treating medical conditions
through the use of various imaging technologies. The US Food and Drug Administration …

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

D Seneviratne, T Malouff, D Pafundi… - … and Practice of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Boron neutron capture theory (BNCT) is an innovative method of treating tumors by
selectively irradiating cancer cells that have accumulated boron compounds. Given that …