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A bystander effect observed in boron neutron capture therapy: a study of the induction of mutations in the HPRT locus.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 Jun 2007
Kinashi Yuko, Masunaga Shinichiro, Nagata Kenji, Suzuki Minoru, Takahashi Sentaro, Ono Koji
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To investigate bystander mutagenic effects induced by alpha-particles during boron neutron capture therapy, we mixed cells that were electroporated with borocaptate sodium (BSH), which led to the accumulation of (10)B inside the cells, and cells that did not contain the boron compound. The BSH-containing cells were irradiated with alpha-particles produced by the 10B(n,alpha)7Li reaction, whereas cells...
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