The unmet need
Despite improvements in cancer outcomes, there is still a high unmet clinical need for effective treatments
Why BNCT?
Cytotoxic drugs, traditional radiation therapies and immunotherapies are limited in their effectiveness and can result in adverse side effects. Boron neutron capture therapy is a precision medicine approach to destroy cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed.
Highly precise
Together with advanced neutron delivery technologies, BNCT medicines have the ability to precisely target tumors
Potentially fewer treatments
Studies have shown that BNCT has the potential to destroy tumors in fewer treatments compared to other modalities
Low intrinsic toxicity
Boron medicines are designed to be non-toxic and are only activated by safe, low-energy neutrons at the site of the tumor
BNCT Centers Worldwide
Today, there are 21 BNCT centers around the world. Aviko is working together with its partners to expand BNCT as a treatment modality and establish the first BNCT site in the U.S.
Number of existing centers by country*
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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- Dongguan People’s Hospital (Dongguan, China)
- Xiamen Humanity Hospital (Xiamen City, China)
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Helsinki University Hospital (Helsinki, Finland)
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Soreq Nuclear Research Center (Israel)
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- Istituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleare (INFN) (Legnaro, Italy)
- Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica (CNAO) (Pavia, Italy)
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- Kyoto University (Kumatori, Japan)
- Southern Tohoku Hospital (Fukushima, Japan)
- Kansai BNCT Medical Center (Osaka, Japan)
- University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan)
- National Cancer Center (Tokyo, Japan)
- Edogawa Hospital (Edogawa City, Tokyo, Japan)
- Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan)
- Shonan Kamakura General Hospital (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
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- Gachon University Gil Medical Center (Songdo, Incheon, South Korea)
- Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (Seoul, South Korea)
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- Blokhin Cancer Center (Moscow, Russia)
- Budker Institute (Novosibirsk, Russia)
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Granada University Hospital (Granada, Spain)
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University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK)
*Includes centers that are not yet treating patients or are for research use only.
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