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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A new type of neutron capture therapy against malignant tumors using medical nuclear reactor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11794021
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for University and Society Collaboration

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Radiation science
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

MATSUMURA Akira  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor, 臨床医学系, 助教授 (90241819)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) OHTSUKA Fujio  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Professor, 臨床医学系, 教授 (10092157)
TAKANO Shingo  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Assisstant Professor, 臨床医学系, 講師 (50292553)
NOSE Tadao  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Professor, 臨床医学系, 教授 (10009699)
OHARA Kiyoshi  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor, 臨床医学系, 助教授 (10034125)
FUJISAWA Hiroshi  Institute of Clinical Medicine, Assisstant Professor, 臨床医学系, 講師 (20231566)
Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Keywordsneutron capture therapy / charged particle therapy / alpha particle / malignant glioma / glioblastoma / boron / radiation therapy / intraoperative radiation therapy
Research Abstract

[Basic Physics Study] Before using epi-thermal neutron to the patients, basic studies for neutron beam characterization have been performed. We used water phantom, cultured cells for measurement. The RBE of the each beam component has been calculated, which can be applied to the clinical dose evaluation. Besides, the treamtne planning system (so called JCDS system) has been also developed for JRR-4 boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) project.
[Basic Oncology Study] To improve the boron delivery to the tumor cells, we have developed a new boronated porphyrin and have examined using in vitro cultured glioma cells and have shown that this compound effectively accumulate in the tumor cells and show cytotoxic effect after neutron irradiation. We have also analyzed the boron uptake in two boronated compounds currently used in clinical trial by means of the cell cycle dependency. Both compound showed different behavior and based on this result we may use two compounds simultanesouly for clinical trial since they cover different cell population in the cell cycle.
[Clinical Study] Since October 1999, a new clinical phase I/II trial using mixed thermal-epithermal beam with open craniotomy has been conducted at the new JRR-4 reactor with full medical equipment installed. So far, there have been 9 patients treated and the phase I/II finished. The median survival of Glioblastoma cases is 15.4 months and 16months for anaplastic astrocytomas. This result is favorable for phase I/II study and merits for further new protocol using pure epithermal beam.

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All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] Yoshida F, Matsumura A, et al.: "Cell cycle dependence of boron uptake from two boron compounds used for clinical neutron capture therapy"Cancer Letters. 187. 135-141 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Zhang T, Matsumura et al.: "Comparison of two Brain Tumor-Localizing MRI Agents : GD-BOPTA and GD-DTPA.-The study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy with Rat Brain tumors"American Journal of Neuroradiology. 23. 15-18 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Shibata Y, Matsumura A et al.: "Competitive uptake of porphyrin and LDL via the LDL receptor in glioma cell lines : flow cytometric analysis"Cancer Letters. 166. 79-87 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 松村 明, 山本哲哉, 柴田 靖, 能勢忠男: "グリオーマ。新しい治療法の展開。熱外中性子捕捉療法"Clinical Neuroscience. 90. 344-345 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 熊田博明, 松村 明: "原子炉による医療照射のための患者セッテイングシステムの開発"日本原子力学会和文論文誌. 1. 59-68 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yamamoto T, Matsumura A, et al.: "In-phantom two-dimensional thermal neutron distribution for intraoperative boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors"Phys Med Biol. 47. 1-10 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 松村 明, 山本哲哉, 柴田 靖, 能勢忠男: "中性子捕捉療法。先端医療シリーズ18.脳神経外科「脳腫瘍の最新医療」"先端医療技術研究所. 215-219 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Zhang T, Matsumura A, Yamamoto T, Yoshida F, Nose T, Shimojo N.: "Comparison of two brain tumor-localizing MRI Agents : Gd-BOPTA and Gd-DTPA. -The study of magnetic resonance imaging and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy with rat brain tumors-"AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 23. 15-18 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yamamoto T, Matsumura A, Yamamoto K, Kumada H, Shibata Y, Nose T.: "In-phantom two-dimensional thermal neutron distribution for intraoperative boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors"Phys Med Biol.. 47. 1-10 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yoshida F, Matsumura A, Shibata Y, Yamamoto T, Nakauchi H, Okumura M, Nose T.: "Cell cycle dependence of boron uptake from two boron compounds used for clinical neutron capture therapy"Cancer Lett.. 187. 135-141 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Shibata Y, Matsumura A, Yoshida F, Yamamoto T, Nakai K, Nose T, Sakata I, Nakajima S.: "Competitive uptake of porphyrin and LDL via the LDL receptor in glioma cell lines : flow cytometric analysis"Cancer Lett.. 166. 79-87 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Matsumura A, Shibata Y, Yamamoto T, Yoshida F, Isobe T, Nakai K, Hayakawa Y, Kiriya M, Shimojo N, Ono K, Sakata I, Nakajima S, Okumura M, Nose T.: "A new boronated porphyrin (STA-BX909) for neutron capture therapy : An in vitro survival assay and in vivo tissue uptake study (Published Erratum, Cancer Letters, 2000; 155: 209.)"Cancer Lett.. 141. 203-209 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Matsumaura A, Yamamoto T, Shibata Y, Zhang T, Takano S, Yamamoto K, Kumada H, Nose T et al., Sauerwein W, Moss R, Witting A eds.: "Intraoperative boron neutron capture therapy using thermal/epithermal mixed beam, Research and Development in Neutron Capture Therapy"Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. 1073-1078 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Matsushita A, Yamamoto T, Matsumura A, et al., Sauerwein W, Moss R, Witting A. eds.: "An application to intraoperative BNCT using epithermal neutron of new JRR-4 mode "Epi-12", Research and Development in Neutron Caputure Therapy"Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. 141-143 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yamamoto T, Matsumura A, Yamamoto T, et al., eds. by Sauerwein W, Moss R, Witting A. eds.: "Comparison of patient brain dose measurements and the JCDS calcultation, Research and Development in Neutron Capture Therapy"Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. 415-418 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Kumada H, Matsumura A, Yamamoto T, et al., eds. by Sauerwein W, Moss R, Witting A. eds.: "Verification of the JAERI computational dosimetry system for neutron capture therapy, Research and Development in Neutron Capture Therapy"Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. 529-534 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Yamamoto T, Masumura A, et al., eds. by Sauerwein w , Moss R, Witting A: "In-air radiobiological dosimetry of JRR-4 neutron beams for moron neutron capture therapy, Research and Developmetn in Neutron Capture Therapy"Monduzzi Editore, Bologna. 697-700 (2002)

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