The compound factor of the 10B(n,alpha)7Li reaction from borocaptate sodium and the relative biological effectiveness of recoil protons for induction of brain damage in boron neutron capture therapy.
The compound factor of the 10B(n,alpha)7Li reaction from borocaptate sodium and the relative biological effectiveness of recoil protons for induction of brain damage in boron neutron capture therapy.
复制标题
硼醇钠 10B(n,α)7Li 反应的复合因素以及反冲质子在硼中子俘获疗法中诱导脑损伤的相对生物有效性。
作者:
D. Gabel;K. Philipp;F. Wheeler;R. Huiskamp
To make clinical trials of boron neutron capture therapy safe for patients, it is necessary to know the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of the radiation components and the compound factor of the boron carrier to be used. Here a method is derived to determine the RBE of recoil protons and the compound factor of compounds from in vivo experiments with different concentrations of boron. The method uses a simultaneous fit of both these parameters to all experimental data. This method is applied to the studies of tolerance of healthy tissue in dogs at the High Flux Reactor in Petten, The Netherlands. The RBE for the recoil protons generated by the neutrons present in the epithermal neutron beam [together with the RBE of the protons from the 14N(n,p)14C reaction] for induction of severe neurological symptoms was found to be 3.93+/-0.43 (95% confidence limits 3.06-4.79), and 2.33+/-0.14 (2.04-2.61) for induction of changes detectable by magnetic resonance imaging. The compound factor for Na2B12H11SH in brain tissue, using severe neurological symptoms as end point, was determined to be 0.37+/-0.06 (95% confidence limits 0.24-0.50). For changes detectable by magnetic resonance imaging, the value was found to be 0.65+/-0.04 (0.58-0.73).
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Fike,JR;Cann,CE;Davis,RL;Borcich,JK;Phillips,TL;Russell,LB
通讯作者:
Russell,LB