Published September 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

A role of FBPA-PET for BNCT

  • 1. Southern Tohoku BNCT Research Center, Koriyama, Fukushima (Japan)

Description

18F-FBPA-PET is investigated as a method for selection of candidate patients and prediction of therapeutic sensitivity of BNCT. Microdistribution of BPA influences the biological effect of BNCT. Therefore, FBPA-PET is just a necessary condition and not a sufficient condition to select a candidate patient and predict a sensitivity of tumor for BNCT because an image obtained from FBPA-PET is a kind of macroscopic one. In this review, I will explain the implications and expectations of FBPA-PET which can be deduced from the consideration of CBE factor. (author)

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Original title (Japanese)
ホウ素中性子補足治療(BNCT)におけるFBPA-PETの役割

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Rinsho Hoshasen
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
9
Series
雑誌名:臨床放射線
Journal Page Range
p. 979-987
ISSN
0009-9252