D. Dziura, Sana Tabbassum, Amanda MacNeil, D. Maharaj, R. Laxdal, O. Kester, M. Pan, H. Kumada, D. Marquardt
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Abstract
Each year more than 3,000 Canadians are diagnosed with brain cancers like glioblastoma multiforme or recurrent head and neck cancers which are difficult to treat with conventional radiotherapy techniques. One of the most clinically promising treatments for these cancers is boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). This procedure involves selectively introducing a boron delivery agent into tumor cells and irradiating them with a neutron beam, which kills the cancer cells due to the high-LET radiation produced by the 10B(n,α)7Li capture reaction. The theory of BNCT has been around for a long time since 1936, but has historically been limited by poor boron delivery agents and nonoptimal neutron source facilities. Although significant improvements have been made in both of these domains, it is mainly the advancements of accelerator-based neutron sources that has led to the expansion of over 20 new BNCT facilities worldwide in the past decade. Additionally in this work, PHITS (Particle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System) simulations, in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba, were performed to examine the effectiveness of the Ibaraki-Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (iBNCT) beam shaping assembly (BSA) to moderate a neutron beam suitable for BNCT at the proposed PC-CANS (Prototype Canadian Compact Accelerator-based Neutron Source) site, which uses a similar but slightly higher energy 10 MeV proton accelerator with a 1 mA average current. The advancements of compact acceleratorbased neutron sources in recent decades has enabled significant improvements in BNCT technologies, allowing it to become a more viable clinical treatment option.
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