Long-term infusions of p-boronophenylalanine for boron neutron capture therapy: Evaluation using rat brain tumor and spinal cord models

Radiation Research

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 743-752

  Morris, G M ^a   Micca, P L ^b   Nawrocky, M M ^b   Weissfloch, L E ^b,c   Coderre, J A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON 10; FRUCTOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; GLIOSARCOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TIME; TUMOR CELL; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0036896944     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0743:LTIOPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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