Advances in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) at kyoto university - From reactor-based BNCT to accelerator-based BNCT

Progress in Reactor and Accelerator Based BNCT at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute

Investigation the potential of Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) to treat the lung cancer

Introduction: Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is recommended to treat the glioblastoma tumor. It is well known that neuron beams are more effective treatment than photon beams to treat hypoxia tumors due to interaction of neutron with nucleus and production of heavy particles such as 7Li and alpha particle. In this study to evaluate the suitability of BNCT for treating of ...

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for newly-diagnosed glioblastoma: comparison of clinical results obtained with BNCT and conventional treatment.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) and conventional treatment in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Since 1998 we treated 23 newly-diagosed GBM patients with BNCT without any additional chemotherapy. Their median survival time was 19.5 months; the 2-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 31.8%, 22.7%, and 9.1%, respectiv...

An Accelerator-based Thermal Neutron Source for Bnct Application

An accelerator-based thermal neutron source, aimed at the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) application on skin melanoma tumour is under construction at the INFN-LNL, in the framework of SPES project. The BNCT facility will exploit the intense proton beam provided by a 5 MeV, 30 mA RFQ that represents the first accelerating step of the SPES exotic nuclei production source. Neutrons are gener...

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) - Low-Energy Neutron Spectrometer for Neutron Field Characterization -∗)

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is known to be a promising and new cancer therapy which can kill tumor cells suppressing damage to normal tissues. Recently, accelerator based neutron sources (ABNS) for BNCT are under development especially in Japan. For characterization of the neutron field, we carried out the series study concerning thermal/epi-thermal neutron spectrometry especially for ...