Use of an orthovoltage X-ray treatment unit as a radiation research system in a small-animal cancer model
| Autor: | María-Ester Brandan, Blanca Ivone Herrera-Penilla, Mario Alberto Castro-Morales, Enrique Pérez-Cárdenas, José Chanona-Vilchis, Patricia García-López, Rafael Jurado, Luis A. Medina |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Mice Nude Uterine Cervical Neoplasms lcsh:RC254-282 Mice medicine Animals Humans Clonogenic assay Cisplatin Cervical cancer business.industry Research medicine.disease lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays Gemcitabine Surgery Radiation therapy Disease Models Animal Oncology Concomitant Toxicity Female Nuclear medicine business Chemoradiotherapy medicine.drug HeLa Cells |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Vol 27, Iss 1, p 57 (2008) |
| ISSN: | 1756-9966 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1756-9966-27-57 |
| Popis: | Background We explore the use of a clinical orthovoltage X-ray treatment unit as a small-animal radiation therapy system in a tumoral model of cervical cancer. Methods Nude mice were subcutaneously inoculated with 5 × 106 HeLa cells in both lower limbs. When tumor volume approximated 200 mm3 treatment was initiated. Animals received four 2 mg/kg intraperitoneal cycles (1/week) of cisplatin and/or 6.25 mg/kg of gemcitabine, concomitant with radiotherapy. Tumors were exposed to 2.5 Gy/day nominal surface doses (20 days) of 150 kV X-rays. Lead collimators with circular apertures (0.5 to 1.5 cm diameter) were manufactured and mounted on the applicator cone to restrict the X-ray beam onto tumors. X-ray penetration and conformality were evaluated by measuring dose at the surface and behind the tumor lobe by using HS GafChromic film. Relative changes in tumor volume (RTV) and a clonogenic assay were used to evaluate the therapeutic response of the tumor, and relative weight loss was used to assess toxicity of the treatments. Results No measurable dose was delivered outside of the collimator apertures. The analysis suggests that dose inhomogeneities in the tumor reach up to ± 11.5% around the mean tumor dose value, which was estimated as 2.2 Gy/day. Evaluation of the RTV showed a significant reduction of the tumor volume as consequence of the chemoradiotherapy treatment; results also show that toxicity was well tolerated by the animals. Conclusion Results and procedures described in the present work have shown the usefulness and convenience of the orthovoltage X-ray system for animal model radiotherapy protocols. |
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