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There is a consensus that previous difficulties encountered in U.S. clinical trials of NCT resulted from the use of inorganic compounds showing no tumor selectivity, and the use of thermal neutron beams which are known to have poor penetration in tissue (HVL ≈ 1.8 cm). Consequently, normal surface tissues were over-exposed, while viable tumor remained at depth. Since then, these problems have been largely circumvented through the development of epithermal neutron beams with better tissue penetration, and the synthesis of various boronated biomolecules which demonstrate tumor selectivity.
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Fairchild, R.G. (1989). Dose Rate and Therapeutic Gain. In: Fairchild, R.G., Bond, V.P., Woodhead, A.D., Vivirito, K. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Neutron Capture Therapy. Basic Life Sciences, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5622-6_1
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