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Lin J, Chen Y, Zhang Z, Qi F, Zhang M. Calreticulin, a potential coregulator of immune checkpoints and biomarker associated with tumor microenvironment and clinical prognostic significance in breast invasive carcinoma. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2024; 39:2717-2731. [PMID: 38247288 DOI: 10.1002/tox.24120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
Abstract
As a promising immune checkpoint of immunogenic cell death (ICD) and multifunctional calcium-binding molecular chaperone, calreticulin (CALR) has been attracting increasing attention. CALR mainly locates in cellular endoplasmic reticulum and significantly affects cell proliferation, invasion, induction of apoptosis, and angiogenesis in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA). CALR overexpression might be correlated with a worse outcome. Nonetheless, it remains obscure how CALR correlates with immune infiltration and survival prognosis of BRCA. In this study, we investigated CALR expression utilizing RNAseq data from the cancer genome atlas (TCGA) and genotype-tissue expression (GTEx) database. The prognostic value of CALR was analyzed using clinical survival data. Enrichment analysis was conducted using the R package "clusterProfiler." We downloaded the immune cell infiltration score of TCGA samples from published articles and online databases and performed a correlation analysis between immune cell infiltration levels and CALR expression. We further assessed the association between CALR and immunomodulators. Moreover, we also evaluated the expression of CALR in 100 formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded breast cancer and adjacent normal breast tissue specimens. Our results found that CALR was highly expressed in BRCA, and CALR expression levels differed in pathological stages, T stages, and N stages. Besides, these results suggested that CALR overexpression may have adverse effects on the progression-free interval (PFI) and disease-free interval (DFI), which may be related to tumor proliferation, invasion, and metastasis, leading to tumor deterioration. Meanwhile, immune cell infiltration analysis revealed a correlation between the expression of CALR and the number of neutrophils and dendritic cells, suggesting that CALR was highly correlated with many immunomodulators in BRCA. Our results provide potential biomarkers of CALR in BRCA. CALR may interact synergistically with other immunomodulators to regulate the immune microenvironment, which could be utilized to develop new immunotherapy drugs.
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- Jiali Lin
- Department of Reproduction and Development, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Helm A, Fournier C. High-LET charged particles: radiobiology and application for new approaches in radiotherapy. Strahlenther Onkol 2023; 199:1225-1241. [PMID: 37872399 PMCID: PMC10674019 DOI: 10.1007/s00066-023-02158-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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The number of patients treated with charged-particle radiotherapy as well as the number of treatment centers is increasing worldwide, particularly regarding protons. However, high-linear energy transfer (LET) particles, mainly carbon ions, are of special interest for application in radiotherapy, as their special physical features result in high precision and hence lower toxicity, and at the same time in increased efficiency in cell inactivation in the target region, i.e., the tumor. The radiobiology of high-LET particles differs with respect to DNA damage repair, cytogenetic damage, and cell death type, and their increased LET can tackle cells' resistance to hypoxia. Recent developments and perspectives, e.g., the return of high-LET particle therapy to the US with a center planned at Mayo clinics, the application of carbon ion radiotherapy using cost-reducing cyclotrons and the application of helium is foreseen to increase the interest in this type of radiotherapy. However, further preclinical research is needed to better understand the differential radiobiological mechanisms as opposed to photon radiotherapy, which will help to guide future clinical studies for optimal exploitation of high-LET particle therapy, in particular related to new concepts and innovative approaches. Herein, we summarize the basics and recent progress in high-LET particle radiobiology with a focus on carbon ions and discuss the implications of current knowledge for charged-particle radiotherapy. We emphasize the potential of high-LET particles with respect to immunogenicity and especially their combination with immunotherapy.
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- Alexander Helm
- Biophysics Department, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Biophysics Department, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Bai JF, Majjigapu SR, Sordat B, Poty S, Vogel P, Elías-Rodríguez P, Moreno-Vargas AJ, Carmona AT, Caffa I, Ghanem M, Khalifa A, Monacelli F, Cea M, Robina I, Gajate C, Mollinedo F, Bellotti A, Nahimana A, Duchosal M, Nencioni A. Identification of new FK866 analogues with potent anticancer activity against pancreatic cancer. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 239:114504. [PMID: 35724566 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal diseases for which chemotherapy has not been very successful yet. FK866 ((E)-N-(4-(1-benzoylpiperidin-4-yl)butyl)-3-(pyridin-3-yl)acrylamide) is a well-known NAMPT (nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase) inhibitor with anti-cancer activities, but it failed in phase II clinical trials. We found that FK866 shows anti-proliferative activity in three PDAC cell lines, as well as in Jurkat T-cell leukemia cells. More than 50 FK866 analogues were synthesized that introduce substituents on the phenyl ring of the piperidine benzamide group of FK866 and exchange its buta-1,4-diyl tether for 1-oxyprop-3-yl, (E)-but-2-en-1,4-diyl and 2- and 3-carbon tethers. The pyridin-3-yl moiety of FK866 was exchanged for chlorinated and fluorinated analogues and for pyrazin-2-yl and pyridazin-4-yl groups. Several compounds showed low nanomolar or sub-nanomolar cell growth inhibitory activity. Our best cell anti-proliferative compounds were the 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzamide analogue of FK866 ((E)-N-(4-(1-(2,4,6-trimethoxybenzoyl)piperidin-4-yl)butyl)-3-(pyridin-3-yl)acrylamide) (9), the 2,6-dimethoxybenzamide (8) and 2-methoxybenzamide (4), which exhibited an IC50 of 0.16 nM, 0.004 nM and 0.08 nM toward PDAC cells, respectively.
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- Jian-Fei Bai
- Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis, Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis, Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis, Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis, Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Glycochemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis, Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, 41012, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, 41012, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, 41012, Spain
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy; Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy; Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy; Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, 41012, Spain
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- Laboratory of Cell Death and Cancer Therapy, Department of Molecular Biomedicine Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Cell Death and Cancer Therapy, Department of Molecular Biomedicine Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Central Laboratory of Hematology, Medical Laboratory and Pathology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Central Laboratory of Hematology, Medical Laboratory and Pathology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Central Laboratory of Hematology, Medical Laboratory and Pathology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland; Service of Hematology, Oncology Department, Lausanne University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, 16132, Genoa, Italy; Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
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Durante M, Debus J, Loeffler JS. Physics and biomedical challenges of cancer therapy with accelerated heavy ions. NATURE REVIEWS. PHYSICS 2021; 3:777-790. [PMID: 34870097 PMCID: PMC7612063 DOI: 10.1038/s42254-021-00368-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Radiotherapy should have low toxicity in the entrance channel (normal tissue) and be very effective in cell killing in the target region (tumour). In this regard, ions heavier than protons have both physical and radiobiological advantages over conventional X-rays. Carbon ions represent an excellent combination of physical and biological advantages. There are a dozen carbon-ion clinical centres in Europe and Asia, and more under construction or at the planning stage, including the first in the USA. Clinical results from Japan and Germany are promising, but a heated debate on the cost-effectiveness is ongoing in the clinical community, owing to the larger footprint and greater expense of heavy ion facilities compared with proton therapy centres. We review here the physical basis and the clinical data with carbon ions and the use of different ions, such as helium and oxygen. Research towards smaller and cheaper machines with more effective beam delivery is necessary to make particle therapy affordable. The potential of heavy ions has not been fully exploited in clinics and, rather than there being a single 'silver bullet', different particles and their combination can provide a breakthrough in radiotherapy treatments in specific cases.
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- Marco Durante
- Biophysics Department, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology and Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Updates and new directions in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: dose, sensitization, and novel technology. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2021; 40:879-889. [PMID: 34611794 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-021-09993-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Panc reatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating malignancy. There have been few advances that have substantially improved overall survival in the past several years. On its current trajectory, the deaths from PDAC are expected to cross that from all gastrointestinal cancers combined by 2030. Radiation therapy is a technically very complex modality that bridges multiple different treatment strategies. It represents a hybrid among advanced diagnostic imaging, local (often ablative) intervention, and heterogeneous biological mechanisms contributing to normal and oncologic cell kill. In this article, we bring an overview of the several promising strategies that are currently being investigated to improve outcomes using radiation therapy for patients with PDAC.
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Hall WA, Small C, Paulson E, Koay EJ, Crane C, Intven M, Daamen LA, Meijer GJ, Heerkens HD, Bassetti M, Rosenberg SA, Aitken K, Myrehaug S, Dawson LA, Lee P, Gani C, Chuong MD, Parikh PJ, Erickson BA. Magnetic Resonance Guided Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Advantages, Challenges, Current Approaches, and Future Directions. Front Oncol 2021; 11:628155. [PMID: 34046339 PMCID: PMC8144850 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.628155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Introduction Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) has some of the worst treatment outcomes for any solid tumor. PAC creates substantial difficulty for effective treatment with traditional RT delivery strategies primarily secondary to its location and limited visualization using CT. Several of these challenges are uniquely addressed with MR-guided RT. We sought to summarize and place into context the currently available literature on MR-guided RT specifically for PAC. Methods A literature search was conducted to identify manuscript publications since September 2014 that specifically used MR-guided RT for the treatment of PAC. Clinical outcomes of these series are summarized, discussed, and placed into the context of the existing pancreatic literature. Multiple international experts were involved to optimally contextualize these publications. Results Over 300 manuscripts were reviewed. A total of 6 clinical outcomes publications were identified that have treated patients with PAC using MR guidance. Successes, challenges, and future directions for this technology are evident in these publications. MR-guided RT holds theoretical promise for the treatment of patients with PAC. As with any new technology, immediate or dramatic clinical improvements associated with its use will take time and experience. There remain no prospective trials, currently publications are limited to small retrospective experiences. The current level of evidence for MR guidance in PAC is low and requires significant expansion. Future directions and ongoing studies that are currently open and accruing are identified and reviewed. Conclusions The potential promise of MR-guided RT for PAC is highlighted, the challenges associated with this novel therapeutic intervention are also reviewed. Outcomes are very early, and will require continued and long term follow up. MR-guided RT should not be viewed in the same fashion as a novel chemotherapeutic agent for which dosing, administration, and toxicity has been established in earlier phase studies. Instead, it should be viewed as a novel procedural intervention which must be robustly tested, refined and practiced before definitive conclusions on the potential benefits or detriments can be determined. The future of MR-guided RT for PAC is highly promising and the potential implications on PAC are substantial.
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- William A Hall
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Henry Ford Medical Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Carbon Ion Radiobiology. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12103022. [PMID: 33080914 PMCID: PMC7603235 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12103022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Radiotherapy with carbon ions has been used for over 20 years in Asia and Europe and is now planned in the USA. The physics advantages of carbon ions compared to X-rays are similar to those of protons, but their radiobiological features are quite distinct and may lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of some cancers characterized by high mortality. Abstract Radiotherapy using accelerated charged particles is rapidly growing worldwide. About 85% of the cancer patients receiving particle therapy are irradiated with protons, which have physical advantages compared to X-rays but a similar biological response. In addition to the ballistic advantages, heavy ions present specific radiobiological features that can make them attractive for treating radioresistant, hypoxic tumors. An ideal heavy ion should have lower toxicity in the entrance channel (normal tissue) and be exquisitely effective in the target region (tumor). Carbon ions have been chosen because they represent the best combination in this direction. Normal tissue toxicities and second cancer risk are similar to those observed in conventional radiotherapy. In the target region, they have increased relative biological effectiveness and a reduced oxygen enhancement ratio compared to X-rays. Some radiobiological properties of densely ionizing carbon ions are so distinct from X-rays and protons that they can be considered as a different “drug” in oncology, and may elicit favorable responses such as an increased immune response and reduced angiogenesis and metastatic potential. The radiobiological properties of carbon ions should guide patient selection and treatment protocols to achieve optimal clinical results.
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