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Title:
Clinical lessons from the first applications of BNCT on unresectable liver metastases.
Authors:
Zonta, A.; Prati, U.; Roveda, L.; Ferrari, C.; Zonta, S.; Clerici, Am; Zonta, C.; Pinelli, T.; Fossati, F.; Altieri, S.; Bortolussi, S.; Bruschi, P.; Nano, R.; Barni, S.; Chiari, P.; Mazzini, G.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AB(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AC(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AD(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AE(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AF(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AG(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AH(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AI(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AJ(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AK(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AL(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AM(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AN(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AO(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy), AP(Department of Surgery, University of Pavia and IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia; Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia and I.N.F.N., Pavia; Department of Animal Biology, University of Pavia; IGM CNR Histochemistry and Cytometry Section, University of Pavia, Italy)
Publication:
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 41, Issue 1, pp. 484-495 (2006).
Publication Date:
05/2006
Origin:
IOP
DOI:
10.1088/1742-6596/41/1/054
Bibliographic Code:
2006JPhCS..41..484Z

Abstract

After a long series of studies on the effects of neutron irradiation of 10B loaded neoplastic cells both in culture and in animal experiments, we started the clinical application of BNCT on humans affected by liver metastases of a radically resected colon adenocarcinoma. The procedure we adopted includes a first surgical phase, with hepatectomy; a radiotherapeutic phase, in which the isolated liver, washed and chilled, is extracorporeally irradiated with thermal neutrons; and then a second surgical phase for the reconnection of the liver to the patient. Until now two patients have been subjected to the BNCT treatment. The first one survived 44 months with a good quality of life, and died because of diffuse recurrences of his intestinal tumour. The second patient had the same early perioperative course, but after 33 days a worsening of a dilatative cardiomyopaty, from which he was suffering, determined a cardiac failure and eventually death. This clinical experience, although limited, has shown that extracorporeal neutron irradiation of the liver is a feasible procedure, able to ensure the complete destruction of liver metastases and a possible long lasting survival. In our patients neutron irradiation caused massive cellular necrosis highly specific to tumour cells, whereas normal cells were mostly spared. Nevertheless, the impact of such a traumatic operation on the patient's organism must be taken into account. Finally, we have to be aware that the fight against tumour rarely leads to a complete victory. We now have an innovative weapon which is both powerful and partly unsettled: it must be refined and above all used.
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