In vitro and in vivo studies of boron neutron capture therapy: Boron uptake/washout and cell death

Radiation Research

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 452-462

  Ferrari, C ^a   Bakeine, J ^a   Ballarini, F ^a,b   Boninella, A ^a   Bortolussi, S ^a,b   Bruschi, P ^a   Cansolino, L ^a   Clerici, A M ^a   Coppola, A ^c   Di Liberto, R ^c   Dionigi, P ^a   Protti, N ^a,b   Stella, S ^a,b   Zonta, A ^a   Zonta, C ^a   Altieri, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG UPTAKE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BORON; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ISOTOPES; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

RATTUS;

EID: 79953318805     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2156.1     Document Type: Article

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