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. 2022 Feb 18;33:128–133. doi: 10.1016/j.ctro.2022.02.006

Table 1.

Compound biological effectivenss, relative biological effectiveness, and boron concentration parameters in the treatment planning.

CBE RBE (Nitrogen) RBE (Hydrogen) RBE (gamma-ray) Tissue-to-blood ratio of boron concentration
Tumor 4.0[6] 3.0[16] 3.0[25] 1.0 3.5[6]
Brain 1.34[6] 3.0[25] 3.0[25] 1.0 1.0[6]
Skin 2.5[6] 3.0[16] 3.0[25] 1.0 1.4[17]
CBE: Compound biological effectiveness.
RBE: relative biological effectiveness.