The effects of boron neutron capture irradiation on oral mucosa: evaluation using a rat tongue model. |
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| Authors: | J A Coderre G M Morris J Kalef-Ezra P L Micca R Ma K Youngs C R Gordon |
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| Institution: | Medical Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA. |
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| Abstract: | The ventral surface of the tongue of male Fisher 344 rats was used to evaluate the response of oral mucosa to boron neutron capture irradiation. Three hours after i.p. injection of 700 mg/kg of the boron delivery agent p-boronophenylalanine (BPA), the boron concentrations in blood and tongue mucosal epithelium were approximately 21 and 23 microgram (10)B/g, respectively. The doses required to produce a 50% incidence of ulceration with X rays, the Brookhaven Medical Research Reactor thermal neutron beam alone, or the thermal neutron beam in the presence of BPA were 13.4 +/- 0.2, 4. 2 +/- 0.1, and 3.0 +/- 0.1 Gy, respectively. Ulceration of the tongue was evident by 6 to 7 days after irradiation, irrespective of the irradiation modality; healing was related to dose and was relatively rapid (
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