Effect of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) on normal liver regeneration: Towards a novel therapy for liver metastases

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 699-706

  Cardoso, Jorge E ^a   Trivillin, Veronica A ^b   Heber, Elisa M ^b   Nigg, David W ^c   Calzetta, Osvaldo ^d   Blaumann, Herman ^d   Longhino, Juan ^d   Itoiz, Maria E ^a,b,e   Bumaschny, Eduardo ^a   Pozzi, Emiliano ^b   Schwint, Amanda E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BNCT; Liver regeneration; Multifocal liver metastases

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; BORON DERIVATIVE; BROXURIDINE; CREATININE; DNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SYNTHESIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER WEIGHT; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BORON COMPOUNDS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENYLALANINE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 34548361825     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000701570212     Document Type: Article

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