Destroying Cancer From The Inside Out
A Combination Cancer Therapy
Real-Time Cellular-Guided Radiation Therapy
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a non-invasive, combination radiation therapy, which selectively destroys cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. BNCT has been used to treat cancers that are inoperable, invasive, radioresistant or spread outside the primary tumor site in as little as a single treatment session.
Benefits of BNCT
Biophysical Precision
Effective in treating recurrent, multiple, and untreated cancers
Targets cancer at cellular level
Selectively destroys only cancer cells
Eliminates the need for respiratory gating and internal markers
Efficient Treatment
One to two treatment sessions
Treats primary and undetected local microscopic cancer cells in parallel
Potential for more patient throughput than other radiation therapies
Better Patient Experience
Does not require high-level patient positioning – improving patient comfort and reducing staff workload
Potential to greatly reduce side effects and improve patient quality of life
* All BNCT treatments to date have been conducted under clinical investigations.
** Moss, R. L. Critical review, with an optimistic outlook, on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Applied Radiation and Isotopes 88 (2014), 2–11.Sauvolainen, S., et al. Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) in Finland: Technological and physical prospects after 20 years of experiences. Physica Medica (2013) 29, 233-248
** Coderre and Morris (1999) The Radiation Biology of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Radiation Research: January 1999, Vol 151, No. 1, pp. 1-18.
A Novel Accelerator-Based Neutron Source
* The TAE Life Sciences machine is in development and only available for investigational use and not available commercially.
