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Auger therapy — Wikipedia (en)

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Auger therapy is a form of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer which relies on low-energy electrons (emitted by the Auger effect) to damage cancer cells, rather than the high-energy radiation used in traditional radiation therapy. Similar to other forms of radiation therapy, Auger therapy relies on radiation-induced damage to cancer cells (particularly DNA damage) to arrest cell division, stop tumor growth and metastasis and kill cancerous cells. It differs from other types of radiation therapy in that electrons emitted via the Auger effect (Auger electrons) are released with low kinetic energy. In contrast to traditional α- and β-particle emitters, Auger electron emitters exhibit low cellular toxicity during transit in blood or bone marrow. Due to their low kinetic energy, emitted Auger electrons travel over a very short range: much less than the size of a single cell, on the order of less than a few-hundred nanometers. This very short-range delivery of energy permits highly targeted therapies, since the radiation-emitting nuclide will be close to the delivery site (e.g., a DNA strand) to cause cytotoxicity. However, this is a technical challenge; Auger therapeutics must enter their cell-nuclear targets to be most effective. Auger therapeutics are radiolabelled biomolecules, capable of entering cells of interest and binding to specific sub-cellular components. These typically carry a radioactive atom capable of emitting Auger electrons. The Auger electron emission from the atom is stimulated by radioactive decay, or by external pst (primary system therapy, such as X-ray) excitation.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Auger therapy» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger_therapy
Wikidata Q4820344: «experimental radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820344
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger_therapy?action=history).
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