Advances in conformal radiation therapy and advancements in pre-clinical radiotherapy
research have recently stimulated the development of precise micro-irradiators for small …

Nanoparticle contrast agents offer the potential to significantly improve existing methods of
cancer diagnosis and treatment. Advantages include biocompatibility, selective …

High atomic number material, such as gold, may be used in conjunction with radiation to
provide dose enhancement in tumors. In the current study, we investigated the dose …

Purpose An approach known as gold nanoparticle‐aided radiation therapy (GNRT) is a
recent development in radiation therapy which seeks to make a tumor more susceptible to …

The preferential accumulation of gold nanoparticles within tumors and the increased
photoelectric absorption due to the high atomic number of gold cooperatively account for the …

Radiotherapy performs an important function in the treatment of cancer, but resistance of
tumor cells to radiation still remains a serious concern. More research on more effective …

Recently, nanoparticles have been considered as a method of providing radiation dose
enhancement in tumors. In order to quantify this affect, a dose enhancement factor (DEF) is …

The development and use of sensitizing agents to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy
have long been sought to improve our ability to treat cancer. In this letter, we have studied …

Purpose To estimate the radiation dose as a result of contrast medium administration in a
typical abdominal computed tomographic (CT) examination across a library of contrast …

Gold nanoparticles can enhance the biological effective dose of radiation delivered to
tumors, but few data exist to quantify this effect. The purpose of this project was to build a …