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ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2022

Carbon-ion beam irradiation in combination with cisplatin effectively suppresses xenografted malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Sei Sai, Taiju Yamada, Keiko Ito, Nobuyuki Kanematsu, Masao Suzuki, Mitsuhiro Hayashi, Masashi Koto

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Article in American journal of cancer research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sei SaiDepartment of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
Taiju YamadaQST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
Keiko ItoDepartment of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
Nobuyuki KanematsuDepartment of Accelerator and Medical Physics, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
Masao SuzukiDepartment of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
Mitsuhiro HayashiSyneos Health Clinical K.K. 1-2-70 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan.
Masashi KotoDepartment of Charged Particle Therapy Research, Institute of Quantum Medical Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology Chiba, Japan.
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology · JPSyneos Health (India) · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare aggressive cancer. This study investigated the growth-inhibitory effects of the combination of carbon ion beam irradiation (IR) and cisplatin (CDDP) on MPM xenografts. Carbon-ion beam IR at 15 Gy effectively inhibited tumor growth and decreased the tumor volume more than 90% after 9 weeks. However, tumor regrowth was observed after 17 weeks. The combination of carbon-ion beam IR (15 Gy) and CDDP significantly suppressed tumor growth after 9 weeks, with tumor regression being observed for more than 18 weeks. In contrast, X-ray IR (30 Gy) alone or in combination with CDDP effectively suppressed tumor growth and decreased the tumor volume after 11 weeks, but tumor growth was observed after 15 weeks. Carbon-ion beam IR at 25 Gy resulted in complete tumor regression without tumor regrowth in the 20-week follow-up period. Histopathological analysis revealed that combination of carbon-ion beam IR and CDDP exerted effective cytotoxic effects on MPM xenograft tumor cells and significantly promoted tumor cell necrosis, cavitation, and fibrosis when compared with individual treatment with carbon-ion beam, X-ray IR, or CDDP. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the expression levels of tumor cell migration and invasion-related proteins such as CXCL12, MMP2 and MMP9 were not significantly affected upon low dose (15 Gy) carbon-ion beam IR alone or in combination with CDDP but were markedly upregulated upon treatment with CDDP alone relative to control. However, IR with a high dose (25 Gy) carbon-ion beam inhibited tumor growth without upregulating these proteins. In conclusion, the combination of IR with a low dose (15 Gy) carbon ion beam and CDDP effectively suppressed MPM tumor in vivo without significantly upregulating CXCL12, MMP2 and MMP9, suggesting that combination therapy of carbon ion beam IR and chemotherapy is a promising therapeutic strategy for MPM.

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Carbon-ion irradiationcisplatinmesotheliomatumor control

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PMID36628287
PMCPMC9827089
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