Published May 2005 | Version v1
Report

Research on biological effects of radioactive ion beam

  • 1. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba (Japan)

Description

To evaluate the potential importance of a radioactive 9C-ion beam, representing a double radiation source coming from the external beam itself and the delayed particles emitted internally, in cancer therapy, radiobiological experiments using human salivary gland cells (HSG) were performed in the secondary beam line (SBL) at Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC). HSG cell surviving effects at different penetration depths along a 9C-ion beam as well as a comparative therapeutic 12C beam were measured with standard clonogenic assay. The 9C beam showed an enhanced efficiency in cell killing around its Bragg-peak region compared to the counterpart 12C beam. Based on an elaborate biophysical analysis, we concluded that the enhanced biological effect was due to the delayed particles from the incident stopping 9C ions. In addition, compared to the existing data an obvious dose-rate sparing effect was exhibited for the high-linear energy transfer (LET) carbon beams. (author)

Part of:
2004 annual report of the research project with heavy ions at NIRS-HIMAC

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
2004 annual report of the research project with heavy ions at NIRS-HIMAC
Imprint Pagination
339 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 224-225
Report number
NIRS-M--180

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
HIMAC--106