A model system for studying superselective radiotherapy of lymph node metastasis in mice with swollen lymph nodes.

Clin Transl Radiat Oncol

Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering for Cancer, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan.

Published: January 2020

Utilizing mice with swollen lymph nodes, we succeeded in irradiating individual metastatic lymph nodes through a hole in a lead shield. This system enabled us to increase the radiation dose to >8 Gy (the lethal dose for total-body irradiation) and evaluate both direct and abscopal antitumor effects.

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