Neutron Capture Therapy

Author : Wolfgang A.G. Sauerwein,Andrea Wittig,Raymond Moss,Yoshinobu Nakagawa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642313349

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Neutron Capture Therapy by Wolfgang A.G. Sauerwein,Andrea Wittig,Raymond Moss,Yoshinobu Nakagawa Pdf

Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is based on the ability of the non-radioactive isotope boron-10 to capture thermal neutrons with very high probability and immediately to release heavy particles with a path length of one cell diameter, which in principle allows for tumor cell-selective high-LET particle radiotherapy. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the progress made in NCT in recent years. Individual sections cover all important aspects, including neutron sources, boron chemistry, drugs for NCT, dosimetry, and radiation biology. The use of NCT in a variety of malignancies and also some non-malignant diseases is extensively discussed. NCT is clearly shown to be a promising modality at the threshold of wider clinical application. All of the chapters are written by experienced specialists in language that will be readily understood by all participating disciplines.

Author : M. Frederick Hawthorne,Kenneth Shelly,Richard J. Wiersema
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1389 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461512851

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Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy by M. Frederick Hawthorne,Kenneth Shelly,Richard J. Wiersema Pdf

Frontiers in Neutron Capture Therapy contains current research results originally presented at the Eighth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer in La Jolla, CA. This comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed manuscripts is showcased in two volumes covering all aspects of the development of this multidisciplinary approach to cancer therapy. Volume I of this work includes clinical results and current progress in treatment planning, neutron sources and dosimetry, while Volume II presents the synthesis, pharmacology and tissue-targeting design of boron compounds, including work on preclinical dosimetry and radiobiology. Intended for researchers and clinicians involved with or interested in new modes of cancer therapy, this volume will also serve as a useful guideline for scientists, students, and practitioners in the field.

Author : Narayan S. Hosmane
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814338677

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Boron and Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer Treatment by Narayan S. Hosmane Pdf

The book focuses on two concurrent experimental therapies in cancer treatment known as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and gadolinium neutron capture therapy (GdNCT) using a variety of boron- and gadolinium-based compounds. Some of the gadolinium compounds serve the dual purpose as being MRI contrast agents and GdNCT agents. The book describes why BNCT & GdNCT were not at the forefront of the clinical trials during the past seven to eight decades since the discovery of neutrons by John Chadwick in 1932 and how the latest development in the synthesis of target boron- and gadolinium-based drugs have turned the area to be the hottest one and worthy of further investigation with the new clinical trials in the USA and elsewhere.

Author : R.F. Barth,D.E. Carpenter,A.H. Soloway
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461529781

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Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy by R.F. Barth,D.E. Carpenter,A.H. Soloway Pdf

Binary systems for the treatment of cancer potentially are among the most attractive of the new therapeutic modalities that currently are under investigation. The basicconcept is to selectivelydestroy malignantcells whileconcomitantlysparing normal tissue. Neutron capture therapy (NCT) is the binary system that has been the subject of the Fifth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy, which was held September13-17, 1992, in Columbus, Ohio, undertheauspicesoftheInternational Society for Neutron Capture Therapy. Its objective was to bring together researchers from throughout the world and to provide a forum at which they could present the latest advances in the development of Neutron capture therapy. Neutron capture therapy has largely, but not exclusively, focused on the use of boron-10 as the target nuclide. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is based on the nuclear reaction that occurs when the stable isotope, boron-10, absorbs low-energy non ionizing thermal neutrons to yield alphaparticles and recoiling lithium-7 nuclei. The size and energy of these high linear energy transfer (LET) particles result in their being confined largely to the cells in which the capture reaction occurs. For BNCT to be successful, a sufficient numberof I~atoms mustbe localized within neoplastic cells, and enough thermal neutrons must be delivered and absorbed by the I~ to produce a lethal 1~(n,QVLi reaction. Two major problems must be surmounted.

Author : R. Fairchild
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468456226

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Clinical Aspects of Neutron Capture Therapy by R. Fairchild Pdf

Since Locher first suggested Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in 1936, this theoretically ideal system has intrigued investigators. Unfortunately, the first clinical trials between 1951-1961 were not successful. However, they served to implant firmly the seed of BNCT, the growth of which has been carefully nurtured at a number of locations world-wide. This fact is attested to by the ongoing clinical trials in Japan as well as by the presence of researchers from active groups in the ten countries represented at this Workshop. In 1983 and 1985, the first and second international biannual symposia on BNCT were held, in response to a resurgence of interest in this field. In 1986, the DOE sponsored a workshop on NCT, in large part directed toward evaluating the national effort and the various neutron sources available within the United States. It now seems likely, because of various factors including improved neutron beams and boron delivery systems which have made the modality more attractive, that clinical trials will be initiated in the United States within the next few years. This 1988 special workshop, interspersed between the biannual international symposia, represents an effort to seek ideas and advice on the clinical a~pects of BNCT, from all those diverse groups with a national commitment to this project. Our purpose is to facilitate our endeavor to incorporate the best procedures and techniques in the upcoming clinical trials.

Author : B.J. Allen,B.V. Harrington,D.E. Moore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461533849

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Progress in Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer by B.J. Allen,B.V. Harrington,D.E. Moore Pdf

Despite the many advances made in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, the mortality rate is still about half that of the incidence rate. However, the odds are not evenly distributed. Prognosis for some cancers is good, but for others, few patients will survive 12 months. This latter group of cancers is characterised by a proclivity to disseminate malignant cells in the host organ. The degree of surgery possible may be limited by the critical nature of the organ, and chemotherapy and radiotherapy are of palliative value only. In some cases systemic metastases occur, but in other cases, failure to achieve local control results in death. First among these cancers are the high grade brain tumours, astrocytoma 3,4 and glioblastoma multiforme. Local control of these tumours should lead to cure. Other cancers melanoma metastatic to the brain, for which a useful palliative therapy is not yet available, and pancreatic cancer for which localised control at an early stage could bring about improved prognosis. Patients with these cancers have little grounds for hope. Our primary objective is to reverse this situation with Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT). The purpose of this fourth symposium is to hasten the day whereby patients with these cancers can reasonably hope for substantial remissions. The first symposium on NCT was held in Boston in 1983, followed by Tokyo in 1985 and Bremen, Germany in 1988.

Author : Otto K. Harling,John a. Bernard,Robert C. Zamenhof
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468458022

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Neutron Beam Design, Development, and Performance for Neutron Capture Therapy by Otto K. Harling,John a. Bernard,Robert C. Zamenhof Pdf

For this Workshop, the organizers have attempted to invite experts from all known centers which are engaged in neutron beam development for neutron capture therapy. The Workshop was designed around a series of nineteen invited papers which dealt with neutron source design and development and beam characterization and performance. Emphasis was placed on epithermal beams because they offer clinical advantages and are more challenging to implement than thermal beams. Fission reactor sources were the basis for the majority of the papers; however three papers dealt with accelerator neutron sources. An additional three invited papers provided a summary of clinical results of Ncr therapy in Japan between 1968 and 1989 and overviews of clinical considerations for neutron capture therapy and of the status of tumor targeting chemical agents for Ncr. Five contributed poster papers dealing with NCT beam design and performance were also presented. A rapporteurs' paper was prepared after the Workshop to attempt to summarize the major aspects, issues, and conclusions which resulted from this Workshop. Many people contributed to both the smooth functioning of the Workshop and to the preparation of these proceedings. Special thanks are reserved for Ms. Dorothy K.

Author : Detlef Gabel,Raymond Moss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781461534082

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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Detlef Gabel,Raymond Moss Pdf

The European Collaboration on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), conceived in 1987 and successful in 1989 in gaining financial support as a Concerted Action through the Medical and Health Research Programme of the Commission ofthe European Communities (CEC) in Brussels, considered it an opportune moment to hold its annual Plenary Meeting on 18-20 Septem ber 1991 as an International Workshop entitled "Towards Clinical Trials of Glioma with BNCT". The background to this consideration was influenced by the world-wide resurgence ofinterest in NCT over the last 2 decades and by the exemplifica tions at the Fourth International Symposium on Neutron Capture Therapy for Cancer held in Sydney in December 1990, where it was strongly indicated that within the next 2 years clinical trials would be started both in Europe and the United States. In particular at the High Flux Reactor of the Joint Research Centre of the CEC at Petten in The Netherlands, an epithermal neutron beam designed and installed in the summer of 1990 recently became operable at full reactor power. An extensive series ofexperiments, including the nuclear and radiobiological characterisation of the beam and a healthy tissue tolerance study on canines has started and has the aim to define the preconditions for clinical trials onpatients with Grade III/IV glioma. However, as with any other new therapy modality, it must be demon strated that BNCT is safe for the patient and has a reasonable chance of being an effective therapy.

Author : Wolodja Dankiw,David M. Hailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Boron-neutron capture therapy
ISBN : 0642169543

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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Wolodja Dankiw,David M. Hailey Pdf

Author : Y. Mishima
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 893 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781475795677

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Cancer Neutron Capture Therapy by Y. Mishima Pdf

There are many human cancers which actively synthesize specific characteristic proteins such as melanomas, thyroid cancer and squamous cell carcinoma. Many cancer researchers have of course tried to utilize this specific activity as a key for the selective treatment of cancers. In the past for example, the molecular hybrid compound of DOPA, a substrate of melanin, and nitrogen mustard N-oxide hydrochloride, a ctyotoxic anti-tumor drug, was synthesized as Melphalan and used to treat malignant melanoma. A major problem arose though in that it was soon found to be highly suppressive toward bone marrow and quite toxic while not being remarkably effective. Thus, malignant melanoma could not be cured by it. Such failure led us to develop a novel bimodal therapeutic system which includes the use of non-toxic potentially cytocidal chemicals which selectively accumulate within the cancer cells and which are converted by a controllable modality into an actively cytocidal element in situ. We can now non-surgically cure malignant melanoma and glioblastoma with our selective cancer treatment, neutron capture therapy (NCT); as can be found in this volume. Included are 124 papers on the latest breaking developments discussed at the Sixth International Symposium on NCT for Cancer held in Kobe during the late autumn of 1994.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : PSU:000023036970

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Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Victor Alexander Nievaart
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1586037625

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Spectral Tailoring for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Victor Alexander Nievaart Pdf

Since the first clinical trials on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in the 1950s, BNCT research has been mainly focussed on the treatment of (deep-seated) brain tumours, in particular, glioblastoma multiforme. Promising work to treat other cancers at other locations and even other diseases are in progress. Therefore, the chemists, medical doctors, physicists and biologists involved in BNCT are not only continuing to investigate and improve the (brain) clinical results, but are also investigating the new applications in BNCT. The work presented in this thesis is in the field of physics and deals, from three different viewpoints, with obtaining the optimal source neutron energy to optimise BNCT. The optimal source neutron energy is defined such as to obtain as many as possible (n, a)-absorptions due to 10B in the tumours and as low as possible total neutron dose in the healthy tissues and organs at risk

Author : Börje Larsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Boron-neutron capture therapy
ISBN : UOM:39015041739940

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Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy by Börje Larsson Pdf

Author : Robert G. Zamenhof,Guido R. Solares,Otto K. Harling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Boron-neutron capture therapy
ISBN : UCLA:L0097366389

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Topics in Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Neutron Capture Therapy by Robert G. Zamenhof,Guido R. Solares,Otto K. Harling Pdf

Author : Evamarie Hey-Hawkins,Clara Viñas Teixidor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119275558

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Boron-Based Compounds by Evamarie Hey-Hawkins,Clara Viñas Teixidor Pdf

Noted experts review the current status of boron-containing drugs and materials for molecular medical diagnostics Boron-Based Compounds offers a summary of the present status and promotes the further development of new boron-containing drugs and advanced materials, mostly boron clusters, for molecular medical diagnostics. The knowledge accumulated during the past decades on the chemistry and biology of bioorganic and organometallic boron compounds laid the foundation for the emergence of a new area of study and application of boron compounds as lipophilic pharmacophores and modulators of biologically active molecules.This important text brings together in one comprehensive volume contributions from renowned experts in the field of medicinal chemistry of boron compounds. The authors cover a range of the most relevant topics including boron compounds as modulators of the bioactivity of biomolecules, boron clusters as pharmacophores or for drug delivery, boron compounds for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and for diagnostics, as well as in silico molecular modeling of boron- and carborane-containing compounds in drug design. Authoritative and accessible, Boron-Based Compounds: Contains contributions from a panel of internationally renowned experts in the field Offers a concise summary of the current status of boron-containing drugs and materials used for molecular diagnostics Highlights the range and capacity of boron-based compounds in medical applications Includes information on boron neutron capture therapy and diagnostics Designed for academic and industrial scientists, this important resource offers the cutting-edge information needed to understand the current state of boron-containing drugs and materials for molecular medical diagnostics.