Purpose: To evaluate the potential importance of radioactive 9C-ion beam in cancer radiotherapy.
Methods And Materials: Human salivary gland (HSG) cells were exposed to a double-radiation-source 9C beam at different depths around the Bragg peak. Cell survival fraction was determined by standard clonogenic assay. For comparison, the same experiment was conducted for a therapeutic 12C beam. To determine relative biologic effectiveness (RBE) values, HSG cells were also irradiated with 60Co gamma-rays of fractionation scheme as the reference.
Results: The 9C beam was more efficient in cell killing at the depths around its Bragg peak than was the 12C beam, which corresponded to the 9C-ion stopping region and where delayed low-energy particles were emitted. The RBE value at 50% survival level for the 9C beam varied from 1.38 to 4.23. Compared with the 12C beam, the RBE values for the 9C beam were always higher; an increase in RBE by a factor of up to 1.87 has been observed at the depths distal to the Bragg peak.
Conclusion: The potential advantage of radioactive 9C-ion beam in cancer therapy has been revealed at low dose rate in comparison with a therapeutic 12C beam. This observation, however, remains to be investigated at therapeutic dose rates in the future.
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