Polymer-Stabilized Elemental Boron Nanoparticles for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy: Initial Irradiation Experiments

• Main Authors: Alexander Zaboronok (Author), Polina Khaptakhanova (Author), Sergey Uspenskii (Author), Raman Bekarevich (Author), Ludmila Mechetina (Author), Olga Volkova (Author), Bryan J. Mathis (Author), Vladimir Kanygin (Author), Eiichi Ishikawa (Author), Anna Kasatova (Author), Dmitrii Kasatov (Author), Ivan Shchudlo (Author), Tatiana Sycheva (Author), Sergey Taskaev (Author), Akira Matsumura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sufficient boron-10 isotope (¹⁰B) accumulation by tumor cells is one of the main requirements for successful boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The inability of the clinically registered ¹⁰B-containing borophenylalanine (BPA) to maintain a high boron...