Efficacy of boron neutron capture therapy on liver metastases of colon adenocarcinoma: Optical and ultrastructural study in the rat

Oncology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Nano, Rosanna ^a   Barni, Sergio ^a   Chiari, Patrizia ^a   Pinelli, Tazio ^a   Fossati, Francesca ^a   Altieri, Saverio ^a   Zonta, Cecilia ^a   Prati, Ubaldo ^b   Roveda, Laura ^b   Zonta, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; In vivo; Liver; Metastasis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543120751     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.11.1.149     Document Type: Article

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