Measurement of the strength of iodine-125 seed moving at unknown speed during implantation in brachytherapy.

abstract：:To improve treatment conformity for prostate cancer, we investigated daily applicator displacement during high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy (HDR-ISBT). Thirty patients treated with HDR-ISBT as monotherapy were examined. All patients received a treatment dosage of 49 Gy per 7 fractions over 4 days. For dose adm...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takenaka T,Yoshida K,Ueda M,Yamazaki H,Miyake S,Tanaka E,Yoshida M,Yoshimura Y,Oka T,Honda K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the various effects of high linear energy transfer (LET) carbon ion (12C6+) and low LET X-ray radiation on MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and to explore the underlying mechanisms of radiation sensitivity. Cell proliferation, cell colony formation, cell cycle dist...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Zhang Q,Kong Y,Yang Z,Liu Y,Liu R,Geng Y,Luo H,Zhang H,Li H,Feng S,Wang X

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results of the Polish epidemiology study on eye lens opacities among interventional cardiologists (ICs), based on the methodology proposed by ELDO (epidemiological studies of radio-induced cataracts in interventional cardiologists and radiologists: methodology implementation), are presented. The aim of the...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Domienik J,Gryglak S,Jurewicz J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coal, fly ash and bottom ash samples were taken from a 300-MWe coal-fired power plant with a daily coal consumption of 2400 tons. A high volume sampler coupled with several mesh testing sieves was used to separate fly ash samples into different size fractions. Determination of the concentrations of 40K, 238U, 226Ra, 2...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Weng YH,Chu TC

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid cells were given 5.5 Gy X-rays in situ and transplanted after 1 day or after 6 weeks to form colonies in fat pads. The colony-forming efficiency unexpectedly decreased by a factor of about 2 with this increase in delay time before transplantation. In addition, there was a concomitant marked increase above the ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Watanabe H,Hendry JH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports and discusses the results concerning both the inter- and intrafraction accuracy achievable combining the immobilization system employed in patients with head-and-neck, brain and skull base tumors with image guidance at our particle therapy center. Moreover, we investigated the influence of in...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Amelio D,Winter M,Habermehl D,Jäkel O,Debus J,Combs SE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere occurred due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident in March 2011. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) reported the results of dose estimation t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Miyatake H,Kawai M,Yoshizawa N,Suzuki G

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray induced neoplastic transformation of C3H/10T1/2 cells was suppressed equally by Lipid A and LPS. We examined the effects of several modifiers of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism in our investigation on the suppression mechanism of LPS. Dexamethasone (DM), an inhibitor of phospholipase A2 (PLA2), abolished the ef...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Sakiyama H,Yasukawa M,Nishijima M,Wada E,Kanegasaki S

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical diagnostic X-ray workers are one occupational group that has exposure to continuous low doses of external radiation over their working lifetimes. Current ICRP recommendations [ICRP. Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP Publication 60. Ann ICRP 1991;21 (1-3)] state th...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Xu XS,Zhang LA,Sun QF,Qin YC,Yu NL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermionic emission (TE)-type X-ray generators have been exclusively used in medicine, but there are many difficulties in making these X-ray sources compact. A field emission (FE)-type X-ray generator using carbon nanotubes is a newly-developed compact system that can be as small as several cm in length. Considering t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Nakazato T,Nakanishi M,Kita S,Okuyama F,Shibamoto Y,Otsuka T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wistar rats inhaled 239PuO2 particles prepared by the calcination of 239Pu hydroxide at 1150 and 400 degrees C. Lung retention, fecal and urinary excretion, and translocation of 239Pu were compared between the two calcination temperatures. The clearance of 239Pu from the lungs was significantly faster in the rats expo...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Sato H,Yamada Y,Ishigure N,Nakano T,Enomoto H,Takahashi S,Kubota Y,Inaba J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacy of different schedules of HDR brachytherapy in concurrent chemoradiotherapy was evaluated. The study compared the effectiveness of the two HDR brachytherapy schedules which have the same Biological Effective Dose (BED) in locally advanced cervical carcinoma that was treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tharavichitkul E,Klunkin P,Lorvidhaya V,Sukthomya V,Chakrabhandu S,Pukanhaphan N,Chitapanarux I,Galalae R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare single-arc (SA) and double-arc (DA) treatment plans, which are planning techniques often used in prostate cancer volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), in the presence of intrafractional deformation (ID) to determine which technique is superior in terms of target dose coverag...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Varnava M,Sumida I,Oda M,Kurosu K,Isohashi F,Seo Y,Otani K,Ogawa K

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-doses of irradiation have been reported to have beneficial effects, particularly anti-tumor effects. In this paper, we show the effects of the low-dose irradiation on T cell activation induced by dendritic cells (DCs). DCs, which had been pre-irradiated at 0.02-1.0 Gy from a (137)Cs source, were cultured with allo...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Shigematsu A,Adachi Y,Koike-Kiriyama N,Suzuki Y,Iwasaki M,Koike Y,Nakano K,Mukaide H,Imamura M,Ikehara S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1970s and 1980s, Planel et al. reported that the growth of paramecia was decreased by shielding them from background radiation. In the 1990s, Takizawa et al. found that mouse cells displayed a decreased growth rate under shielded conditions. The purpose of the present study was to confirm that growth is impaire...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kawanishi M,Okuyama K,Shiraishi K,Matsuda Y,Taniguchi R,Shiomi N,Yonezawa M,Yagi T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need to develop non-toxic radioprotectors. We tested the efficacy of a 3-drug combination (3-DC) of iloprost, misoprostol, and 3D-MPL (3-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A) and the effects of postirradiation clinical support with high doses of antibiotics and blood transfusion. Canines were given 3-D...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kumar KS,Srinivasan V,Toles RE,Miner VL,Jackson WE,Seed TM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome painting by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a whole chromosome-specific DNA probe was used to detect chromosomal aberrations in lymphocytes from cancer patients given partial-body fractionated X-ray therapy. Six male patients with cancer of the stomach, prostate, lung, or hepatocellular carci...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Matsuoka A,Yamada K,Hayashi M,Sofuni T

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of whole body low-dose gamma-irradiation on the status of the antioxidant defense system in the rodent kidneys at different time intervals. Young male Balb/c mice were exposed to whole body radiation from a (60)Co source at doses of 10, 25 and 50 cGy (48.78 cGy/min). Antioxidant status and lipid...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Pathak CM,Avti PK,Kumar S,Khanduja KL,Sharma SC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation killing of tumor cells by ionizing radiation is best described by the linear-quadratic (LQ) model. Research into the underlying mechanisms of α- and β-inactivation has suggested that different molecular targets (DNA in different forms) and different microdosimetric energy deposits (spurs versus electron ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Chapman JD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When DNA is damaged by exposure to a small amount of radiation, it is repaired efficiently by innate mechanisms. However, if cellular damage is more extensive, DNA repair cannot be adequately completed. To clarify the role of the p53 gene in apoptotic tissue repair, the incidence of in-vivo radiation-induced somatic m...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kato F,Kakihara H,Kunugita N,Ootsuyama A,Norimura T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the effect of chronic radiation exposure associated with the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident on the testes of boar and inobuta (a hybrid of Sus scrofa and Sus scrofa domestica). This study examined the contamination levels of radioactive caesium (Cs), especially (134)Cs an...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yamashiro H,Abe Y,Hayashi G,Urushihara Y,Kuwahara Y,Suzuki M,Kobayashi J,Kino Y,Fukuda T,Tong B,Takino S,Sugano Y,Sugimura S,Yamada T,Isogai E,Fukumoto M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper describes the development of chemical modules simulating the prechemical and chemical stages of charged particle tracks in pure liquid water. These calculations are based on our physical track structure codes for electrons and ions (KURBUC, LEPHIST and LEAHIST) which provide the initial spatial distribution ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Uehara S,Nikjoo H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of the sublethal damage (SLD) after irradiation with high-linear energy transfer (LET) ion beams was investigated with low-LET photons. Chinese hamster V79 cells and human squamous carcinoma SAS cells were first exposed to a priming dose of different ion beams at different LETs at the Heavy Ion Medical Acc...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Furusawa Y,Nakano-Aoki M,Matsumoto Y,Hirayama R,Kobayashi A,Konishi T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a clinical workflow of stereotactic volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for a lung tumor from planning to tumor position verification using 4D planning computed tomography (CT) and 4D cone-beam CT (CBCT). A 4D CT scanner, an Anzai belt and a BodyFix were employed to obtain 10-phase respiratory-correlate...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Nakagawa K,Haga A,Kida S,Masutani Y,Yamashita H,Takahashi W,Sakumi A,Saotome N,Shiraki T,Ohtomo K,Iwai Y,Yoda K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray induced formation of micronuclei is generally thought to result from DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, DNA DSBs inhibit the cell cycle progression that is required for micronucleus formation. In order to reconcile this apparent discrepancy, we investigated whether DNA DSBs induced during the G1 phase cou...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Okada T,Kashino G,Nishiura H,Tano K,Watanabe M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes and adverse events for 300 men with prostate cancer treated with 125iodine (125I) brachytherapy with and without external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) at a single institution in Japan. Between February 2005 and November 2011, 300 consecutive patients with clinically...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Maki S,Itoh Y,Kubota S,Okada T,Nakahara R,Ito J,Kawamura M,Naganawa S,Yoshino Y,Fujita T,Kato M,Gotoh M,Ikeda M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently fluorescence in situ hybridization protocols have been developed which allow the painting of individual chromosomes using DNA-libraries from sorted human chromosomes. This approach has the particular advantage that radiation induced chromosome translocations can be easily detected, if chromosomes of distinctl...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Popp S,Cremer T

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we summarize the public health actions taken to mitigate exposure of the public to radiation after the Fukushima accident that occurred on 11 March 2011 in order to record valuable lessons learned for disaster preparedness. Evacuations from the radiation-affected areas and control of the distribution of various...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Shimura T,Yamaguchi I,Terada H,Robert Svendsen E,Kunugita N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the nature of the genes that contribute to the radiosensitivity of human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs), we analyzed the gene expression profiles detected in HSPCs irradiated with 2 Gy X-rays after culture with or without an optimal combination of hematopoietic cytokines. Highly purified CD34(+...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tsujiguchi T,Hirouchi T,Monzen S,Tabuchi Y,Takasaki I,Kondo T,Kashiwakura I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the dosimetry and investigate the clinical outcomes of radiation-induced rib fractures (RIRFs) after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). A total of 126 patients with Stage I primary lung cancer treated with SBRT, who had undergone follow-up computed tomography (CT) at least ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Miura H,Inoue T,Shiomi H,Oh RJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00