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. 2015 Jun 11;5(9):1030–1044. doi: 10.7150/thno.11642

Table 1.

In vitro or in vivo experiments dealing with the radiation therapy enhancement by nanoparticles.

REFERENCE EXPERIMENTS PARTICLE SOURCE MATERIAL SIZE (range; nm)
[nm]		 DMF
43 In vitro γ 125I Au 50
34 In vitro Not Applicable Not Applicable Gd 5
26 In vitro X 250 kV Ti 65
41 In vitro X 40 kV Fe
Bi		 10
30
46 In vivo X 100 kV Au 10
42 In vitro
In vivo 		X 100 kV Au 30 0.74
38 In vitro
In vivo 		γ 137Cs Au 4.8-46.6
45 In vitro
In vivo 		X or γ 60Co
6 MV		 Hf 50 0.765
13 In vitro X 160 kV Au 1.9
11 In vivo X (synchrotron) 50-350 keV Gd 2
28 In vitro X 90 kV
6 MV		 Au 14
79 In vitro Electrons 60 keV Au 5-13
20 In vitro X or Electrons 160 kV
6 MV
15 MV
6 MeV
16 MeV		 Au 1.9 0.499
0.695
0.695
0.706
0.718
0.745
0.776
1.18
21 In vitro X 6 MV Au 50
37 In vitro X 660 kV
6 MV		 Gd 5
80 In vitro X 200 kV Au Not Applicable
32 In vitro X or Protons 6.5 keV
45 kV
160 kV
6 MV
3 MeV		 Au 6.1 0.354
0.411
0.496
81 In vitro X 160 kV Au 1.9 0.46
0.516
0.908
0.949
0.977
1
1.17
1.22
82 In vivo X (synchrotron) 20-190 keV
80-300 keV		 Au 1.9
83 In vitro Carbon ions 276 MeV/amu Pt 3
84 In vitro X (synchrotron) 80 kV Au 2
50 In vitro X 40 kV
80 kV
120 kV		 Au 37.5
40 In vitro X 30 kV
80 kV
100 kV
120 kV
150 kV		 Au 8
20
37
74
92		 0.2
0.25
0.5
49 In vitro X or Electrons 80 kV
150 kV
6 MeV
12 MeV		 Au 1.9 0.1
0.221
31 In vitro γ 137Cs Au 10.8
85 In vitro γ 137Cs La 10
30 In vitro
In vivo 		X or γ 200 kV
60Co
137Cs		 Au 10.8
86 In vitro X 6 MV Au 4.7
87 In vitro γ or carbon ions 60Co
62 MeV		 Au 1.9
52 In vitro X 105 kV
220 kV
6 MV		 Au 50
88 In vitro X 6 MV Au 13
89 In vitro
In vivo 		X (synchrotron) 50 keV
88 keV		 Au 1.9
15
90 In vitro X 100 kV Bi 50
91 In vitro
In vivo 		X 150 kV
175 kV		 Au 23 0.66
8 In vitro X 6 MV Ti 10 0.627
0.637
7 In vivo X 200 kV Ti 10
23 In vitro X 120 kV Fe 3-20
25 In vitro X 4 MV Si 3
24 In vitro X 100 kV Au 5-250
27 In vitro X 6 MV Not Applicable 48
47 In vitro/In vivo X 6 MV Au 28.9-47
10 In vitro X 6 MV CdSe 25 0.631
92 In vitro X 150 kV
10 MV		 Ce 7
9 In vitro X 100 kV CdSe 10
51, 61 In vitro X (synchrotron) 30-100 keV Au 1.9
61 In vitro X 120 kV Au 1