Radiation Oncology/Neutrons
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Neutron Therapy
By Disease Site edit
Overview edit
- Initial use of neutrons for clinical treatment occurred 1936-1943, but resulted in significant late effects
- By 1960's, radiobiology of neutrons was better understood, and a cyclotron was constructed at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. In USA, physics-lab based devices were used for initial pilot trials.
- In 1984, University of Washington commissioned a high-energy neutron generator for clinical beam delivery, with NCI funding
- Neutrons can be delivered via several modalities
- External beam neutron therapy
- Boron-neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
- Neutron brachytherapy via Californium-252
- Most clinical trials were inconclusive, and enthusiasm about neutrons as a treatment modality waned
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) edit
- FBPA (4-borono-2-(18) F-fluoro-phenylalanin) PET imaging
- Kohei Hanaoka et al. EJNMMI Res. 2014. FBPA PET in boron neutron capture therapy for cancer: prediction of (10)B concentration in the tumor and normal tissue in a rat xenograft model (PMID: 25621196)
- L Menichetti et al. Appl Radiat Isot. 2009 Jul. Positron emission tomography and [18F]BPA: a perspective application to assess tumour extraction of boron in BNCT (PMID: 19410471)
- Accelerator-Based BNCT (AB-BNCT) vs. Reactor-Based BNCT (RB-BNCT)
- Minoru Suzuki et al. Radiother Oncol. 2009 Jul. Impact of accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (AB-BNCT) on the treatment of multiple liver tumors and malignant pleural mesothelioma (PMID: 19329206)
- Tsing Hua open-pool reactor (THOR)
- C J Tung et al. Appl Radiat Isot. 2004 Nov. Characteristics of the new THOR epithermal neutron beam for BNCT (PMID: 15308158)
- Ling-Wei Wang et al. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2018. Clinical trials for treating recurrent head and neck cancer with boron neutron capture therapy using the Tsing-Hua Open Pool Reactor (PMID: 29914577)
- Proton Accelerator based Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (A-BNCT) facility in Korea
- Eunjoong Lee et al. Appl Radiat Isot. 2018 Dec. Radiation safety analysis for the A-BNCT facility in Korea (PMID: 30273764)
- Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in Finland
- Sauli Savolainen et al. Phys Med. 2013 May. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in Finland: technological and physical prospects after 20 years of experiences (PMID: 22613369)
- Treatment Planning System
- Tzung-Yi Lin et al. Development and verification of THORplan--a BNCT treatment planning system for THOR. Appl Radiat Isot. 2011 Dec;69(12):1878-81. (PMID: 21497101)
- Naonori Hu et al. Evaluation of a treatment planning system developed for clinical boron neutron capture therapy and validation against an independent Monte Carlo dose calculation system. Radiat Oncol. 2021 Dec 24;16(1):243. (PMID: 34952608)