Electron probe X-ray microanalysis of boar and inobuta testes after the Fukushima accident.

abstract：:Microbeams have undergone a renaissance since their introduction and early use in the mid 60s. Recent advances in imaging, software and beam delivery have allowed rapid technological developments in microbeams for use in a range of experimental studies. The resurgence in the use of microbeams since the mid 90s has coi...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Prise KM,Schettino G,Vojnovic B,Belyakov O,Shao C

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that exposure to ionizing radiation accelerates the aging process has been actively investigated at ABCC-RERF since 1958, when longitudinal cohort studies of the Adult Health Study (AHS) and the Life Span Study (LSS) were initiated. In their 1975 overall review of aging studies related to the atomic bom...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Sasaki H,Kodama K,Yamada M

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the radiosensitizing effect of geldanamycin (GA), an inhibitor of heat shock protein 90, on tumour cells and normal cells. We tested the effect of a combination of GA and radiation on cell survival, PI3K/Akt-related proteins and apoptosis induction. GA sensitized tumour cel...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Matsumoto Y,Machida H,Kubota N

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:In patients with various cancers, modified Glasgow prognostic score (mGPS) before treatment has predicted prognoses after antitumor therapy. This study aimed to assess whether pretreatment mGPS also has predictive value in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) after radiotherapy. A retrospective review a...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kikuchi K,Nakamura R,Segawa T,Oikawa H,Ariga H

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the sorafenib era, advanced but liver-confined hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was treated by liver-directed therapy. Hepatic arterial concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) has been performed in our group, giving substantial local control but frequent failure. The aim of this study was to analyze patterns of failu...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Cha H,Yoon HI,Lee IJ,Koom WS,Han KH,Seong J

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:We examined dose-dependent or dose rate-dependent changes of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity using a new large-scale facility for exposing small animals to radon. Mice were exposed to radon at a concentration of 250, 500, 1000, 2000, or 4000 Bq/m(3) for 0.5, 1, 2, 4, or 8 days. When mice were exposed to radon at 2...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kataoka T,Sakoda A,Ishimori Y,Toyota T,Nishiyama Y,Tanaka H,Mitsunobu F,Yamaoka K

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Inoue and Iwakura recently reported that the specific activity ratio of organically-bound 3H to free water 3H in polished rice samples collected in Japan and China was lower than unity. Their paper was the first to report the systematic apparent elimination of 3H for incorporation to organically-bound form in samples ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hisamatsu S,Katsumata T,Takizawa Y

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating the biological effects of high-LET heavy-ion irradiation at low fluence is important to evaluate the risk of radiation in space. It is especially necessary to detect radiation damage induced by a precise number of heavy ions in individual cells. We thus compared the number of ions traversing a cell and t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Wada S,Kobayashi Y,Funayama T,Natsuhori M,Ito N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conceptual design of a mobile isocenter carbon ion gantry was carried out in the framework of the Particle Training Network for European Radiotherapy (PARTNER) and Union of Light Ion Centres in Europe (ULICE) projects. To validate the magnets used in this gantry, Finite Element Method (FEM) simulations were performe...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Moreno JO,Pullia MG,Priano C,Lante V,Necchi MM,Savazzi S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study retrospectively analyzed the results of radiotherapy for clinically localized sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid.We reviewed records of 83 patients with histologically confirmed sebaceous carcinoma who were treated radiotherapeutically between 1983 and 2015. Sixty-five patients (78%) were initially tr...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takagawa Y,Tamaki W,Suzuki S,Inaba K,Murakami N,Takahashi K,Igaki H,Nakayama Y,Shigematsu N,Itami J

更新日期：2019-10-23 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：:A photoluminescence glass dosimeter, GD-301, was applied to the measurement of low absorbed doses in mice exposed to low-dose rate 137Cs gamma-rays. The dosimeter system consists of small rod-shaped glass chip detectors capable of embedded in the body of a mouse and an automatic readout device equipped with a standard...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hoshi Y,Nomura T,Oda T,Iwasaki T,Fujita K,Ishikawa T,Kato A,Ikegami T,Sakai K,Tanooka H,Yamada T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed four dimensional (4D) digitally reconstructed radiography (DRR) for verifying a lung tumor position during volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). An internal target volume (ITV) was defined based on two clinical target volumes (CTVs) delineated on maximum exhalation and maximum inhalation images acq...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Nakagawa K,Kida S,Haga A,Masutani Y,Yamashita H,Onoe T,Imae T,Tanaka K,Ohtomo K,Yoda K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rho-associated coiled-coil-containing protein kinase (ROCK) pathway is known to influence metastasis in several cancers; however, the impact of the pathway on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing radiotherapy remains unknown. In the present study, the expression of RhoA, RhoC, ROCK-1, ROCK-2 and p53 was immuno...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tanaka K,Matsumoto Y,Ishikawa H,Fukumitsu N,Numajiri H,Murofushi K,Oshiro Y,Okumura T,Satoh T,Sakurai H

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the present levels of 239,240Pu and U in residents living near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, more than 70 bone samples were obtained at autopsy. The subjects ranged in age from 30 to 86 years (mean 59.3+/-12.9). Most of the samples consisted of victims who died of various diseases. Plutonium and U w...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yamamoto M,Hoshi M,Sakaguchi A,Shinohara K,Kurihara O,Apsalikov KN,Gusev BI

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential radioprotective effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) against genotoxicity and cytotoxicity. The effect of WR-2721, as a representative of clinically used radioprotector, was compared with that of NAC, using the chromosomal aberration (CA) and micronucleus (MN) test syste...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Demirel C,Kilçiksiz S,Ay OI,Gürgül S,Ay ME,Erdal N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to detect features of human serum proteome that were associated with exposure to ionizing radiation. The analyzed group consisted of 46 patients treated with radical radiotherapy for larynx cancer; patients were irradiated with total doses in a range from 51 to 72 Gy. Three consecutive blood samples we...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Widłak P,Pietrowska M,Wojtkiewicz K,Rutkowski T,Wygoda A,Marczak L,Marczyk M,Polańska J,Walaszczyk A,Domińczyk I,Składowski K,Stobiecki M,Polański A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of estimating the strength of the moving radiation source during patient implantation. The requirement for the counting time was investigated by comparing the results of the measurements for the static source with those for the source moving at 2, 5, 10 and 20 cm...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Tanaka K,Endo S,Tateoka K,Asanuma O,Kamo K,Sato K,Takeda H,Takagi M,Hareyama M,Takada J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our previous studies, we found that low-dose radiation inhibits oxidative stress-induced diseases due to increased antioxidants. Although these effects of low-dose radiation were demonstrated, further research was needed to clarify the effects. However, the analysis of oxidative stress is challenging, especially th...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kanzaki N,Kataoka T,Etani R,Sasaoka K,Kanagawa A,Yamaoka K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the correlation between primary tumor response within 6 months after radiation therapy (RT) including proton beam therapy (PBT) and progression free survival rate (PFS) in patients with nasal cavity and paranasal sinus malignancies to clarify the impact of early radiological evaluation of treatment respons...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hojo H,Zenda S,Akimoto T,Kohno R,Kawashima M,Arahira S,Nishio T,Tahara M,Hayashi R,Sasai K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) is a well-known bioresponse under low-dose or low-dose-rate exposures. Although disorder of the DNA repair function, non-targeted effects and accumulation of cells in G2 have been experimentally observed, the mechanism for inducing HRS by long-term irradiation is still unclear. On the basi...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Matsuya Y,Tsutsumi K,Sasaki K,Yoshii Y,Kimura T,Date H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective analysis focusses on the impact of therapy on perceived long-term post-cancer treatment function. A validated questionnaire including items and components for the assessment of communicative ability, quality of voice and swallowing was sent to 129 patients. All patients were treated between 1998 and...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Szuecs M,Kuhnt T,Punke C,Witt G,Klautke G,Kramp B,Hildebrandt G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study proposes a quality assurance (QA) method incorporating radiobiological factors based on the QUANTEC-determined tumor control probability and the normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) of head-and-neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy (HN-IMRT). Per-beam measurements were conducted for 20 cases u...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Hamatani N,Sumida I,Takahashi Y,Oda M,Seo Y,Isohashi F,Tamari K,Ogawa K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain an insight into the relationship between UVB-carcinogenesis and natural killer activity, we examined ultraviolet light-induced carcinogenesis in mice with high natural killer, activity (KSN) and mice with natural killer deficiency (KSN-bg). We exposed mice six times a week to three levels of daily ultraviolet ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Ishigaki Y,Yasuda K,Hashimoto N,Hayakawa J,Hiai H,Nikaido O

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values for simulated solar particle event (SPE) radiation on peripheral blood cells using Yucatan minipigs and electron-simulated SPE as the reference radiation. The results demonstrated a generally downward trend in the RBE values w...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Sanzari JK,Wan SX,Diffenderfer ES,Cengel KA,Kennedy AR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although salvage external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is an attractive treatment option for pelvic lymph nodal recurrence (PeNR) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa), limited data are available regarding its long-term efficacy. This study examined the long-term clinical outcomes of patients who underwent salvage p...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Sato GE,Aizawa R,Nakamura K,Takayama K,Inoue T,Yamasaki T,Kobayashi T,Akamatsu S,Ogawa O,Mizowaki T

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00