Dose distributions in phantoms with different dimensions exposed to BNCT epithermal neutron beam: measurements and calculations

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a cancer treatment still in development that is considered with increasing interest. It consists in irradiating with thermal or epithermal neutrons patients to whom a specific tumor-seeking Boron carrier has been administrated. The high cross section of the 10B(n, α)7Li reaction for thermal neutrons and the high radiobiological effectiveness are exploited in order to damage the tumour cells without afflicting the surrounding healthy tissues