Researchers at the University of Aveiro, in Portugal, are pioneering a new approach to cancer treatment using carbon nanocapsules that could significantly improve how radiotherapy is delivered.
The CarboNCT project is betting, for the first time, on the use of lithium-6 as an alternative to traditional boron-10— the element conventionally used in a technique called Neutron Capture Therapy (NCT). The goal is to make radiotherapy more effective while minimising damage to healthy tissue surrounding a tumour.
