Alpha-particle fluence in radiobiological experiments.

abstract：:In this report we update our long-term follow-up results of the prospective study whose aim was to evaluate the efficacy of high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy in combination with external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in the treatment of medically inoperable endometrial cancer. Between 1995 and 1998, 29 patients with stage...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Inciura A,Atkocius V,Juozaityte E,Vaitkiene D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of present study were to evaluate the efficacy of combining sunitinib with ionizing radiation (IR) on endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were exposed to IR with or without sunitinib pretreatment. Apoptosis assay and cell cycle distribution were analyzed by ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Zhang HP,Takayama K,Su B,Jiao XD,Li R,Wang JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate interfractional changes of the minimum dose delivered to 90% of the high-risk clinical target volume (HR-CTV D90) and D2cc of the bladder and rectum during brachytherapy for uterine cervical cancer patients. A total of 52 patients received external beam radiotherapy and high-d...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Ohkubo Y,Ohno T,Noda SE,Kubo N,Nakagawa A,Kawahara M,Abe T,Kiyohara H,Wakatsuki M,Nakano T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of proton irradiation on the function and structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa peroxiredoxin (PaPrx). Polyacrylamide gel demonstrated that PaPrx proteins exposed to proton irradiation at several doses exhibited simultaneous formation of high molecular weight (HMW) complexes and fragmenta...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Park CH,Lee SS,Kim KR,Jung MH,Lee SY,Cho EJ,Singh S,Chung BY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a novel combination treatment of armed oncolytic adenovirus expressing interleukin 12 (IL-12) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) with radiation was investigated for antitumor and antimetastatic effect in a murine hepatic cancer (HCa-I) model. Tumor bearing syngeneic mice were ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Kim W,Seong J,Oh HJ,Koom WS,Choi KJ,Yun CO

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the mutational effects of radiation on vigorously proliferating plant tissue, the mutation spectrum was analyzed with Arabidopsis seedlings using the plasmid-rescue method. Transgenic plants containing the Escherichia coli rpsL gene were irradiated with γ-rays and carbon ion beams (320-MeV (12)C(6+)), and mu...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yoshihara R,Nozawa S,Hase Y,Narumi I,Hidema J,Sakamoto AN

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to identify factors that predict prognosis after radiotherapy for brain metastases (BMs) from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). This study retrospectively evaluated 48 consecutive patients who underwent whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) for BMs from SCLC between February 2008 and December 2017. WBRT was de...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Anami S,Doi H,Nakamatsu K,Uehara T,Wada Y,Fukuda K,Inada M,Ishikawa K,Kanamori S,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a mechanism in which low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) is permanently removed, induced by low-dose-rate (LDR) (0.2-0.3 Gy/h for 1 h) but not by high-dose-rate priming (0.3 Gy at 40 Gy/h) was investigated. One HRS-negative cell line (NHIK 3025) and two HRS-positive cell lines (T-47D, T98G) were used....

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Edin NJ,Sandvik JA,Vollan HS,Reger K,Görlach A,Pettersen EO

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:This study aimed to clarify the motivations and timing of the decision to become radiation oncologists. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted an online survey for new members of the Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology (JASTRO). RESULTS:The response rate was 43.3%. Data of the 79 respondents who wanted to obtain a b...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Murakami Y,Noda SE,Hatayama Y,Maebayashi T,Jingu K,Nagata Y,Mizowaki T

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The brachytherapy dose calculations used in treatment planning systems (TPSs) have conventionally been performed assuming homogeneous water. Using measurements and a Monte Carlo simulation, we evaluated the dosimetric impact of an air passage on brachytherapy for bronchus cancer. To obtain the geometrical characterist...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Okamoto H,Wakita A,Nakamura S,Nishioka S,Aikawa A,Kato T,Abe Y,Kobayashi K,Inaba K,Murakami N,Itami J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various kinases, such as tyrosine, protein kinase C (PKC) and MAP kinase, play important role in the cellular response to radiation, but little is known about the specific response in the whole animal. Most studies, except a few, are based on single cells. There is a paucity of data where signaling following whole bod...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Varadkar PA,Krishna M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated toxicity and outcomes for patients with peripheral lung tumors treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in a dose-escalation and dose-convergence study. A total of 15 patients were enrolled. SBRT was performed with 60 Gy in 5 fractions (fr.) prescribed to the 60% isodose line of maximum dos...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takeda A,Oku Y,Sanuki N,Eriguchi T,Aoki Y,Enomoto T,Kaneko T,Nishimura S,Kunieda E

更新日期：2014-09-01 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：:The aim of the study was to compare clinical outcomes and toxicity between 3D conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) administered through helical tomotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients receiving preoperative chemoradiotherapy. We reviewed 144 p...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Huang CM,Huang MY,Tsai HL,Huang CW,Ma CJ,Lin CH,Huang CJ,Wang JY

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project aimed to set up a Beagle dog model of radiation-induced lung injury in order to supply fresh lung tissue samples in the different injury phases for gene and protein research. Three dogs received 18 Gy X-ray irradiation in one fraction, another three dogs received 8 Gy in each of three fractions at weekly ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yin Z,Deng S,Liang Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, we would like to introduce a unique approach for the estimation of radioadaptation. Recently, we proposed a new methodology for evaluating the repair efficiency of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) using a model system. The model system can trace the fate of a single DSB, which is introduced within intron...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yatagai F,Sugasawa K,Enomoto S,Honma M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physico-chemical form in which plutonium enters the body influences the lung distribution and the transfer rate from lungs to blood. In the present study, we evaluated the early lung damage and macrophage activation after pulmonary contamination of plutonium of various preparation modes which produce different sol...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Van der Meeren A,Gremy O,Renault D,Miroux A,Bruel S,Griffiths N,Tourdes F

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：:Several models for the action of mixed irradiation with two types of radiation have been proposed in the last two decades, although the superiority or inferiority of these models is not completely elucidated. However, mixed irradiation is sometimes composed of more than two types of radiation, and for this type of mix...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Suzuki S

更新日期：1998-09-01 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 radioprotective effect of chitosan was studied in mice following whole-body X-ray irradiation. C3H/He mice were exposed to 7 Gy, and their survival rates were examined. The survival rates of chitosan-diet mice were about 20% higher than those of mice on a standard diet, and the rates dropped sharply to a plateau a...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Nishimura Y,Kim HS,Ikota N,Arima H,Bom HS,Kim YH,Watanabe Y,Yukawa M,Ozawa T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pericardial effusion is an important late toxicity after concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for locally advanced esophageal cancer. We investigated the clinical and dosimetric factors that were related to pericardial effusion among patients with thoracic esophageal cancer who were treated with definitive CCRT using t...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Takata N,Kataoka M,Hamamoto Y,Tsuruoka S,Kanzaki H,Uwatsu K,Nagasaki K,Mochizuki T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species continuously oxidize DNA bases and threaten the genetic integrity. Thymine glycol (TG), one of the representative oxidized products, is repaired mainly by base excision repair (BER). In Escherichia coli, endonuclease III (Nth) and endonuclease VIII (Nei) are known to actively remove TG from DNA...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yamamoto R,Akiyama M,Ide H,Yamamoto K,Matsuyama S,Kubo K

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Whole brain irradiation (WBI) has become an indispensible tool in the treatment of head and neck cancer, and it has greatly improved patient survival rate and total survival time. In addition, prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) has dramatically decreased the incidence of brain metastatic carcinoma. However, WBI ma...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Xu M,Fan Q,Zhang J,Chen Y,Xu R,Chen L,Zhao P,Tian Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of an Electronic Personal Dosemeter (Siemens EPD) for cosmic-radiation dosimetry at aviation altitudes was examined on eight international flights between March and September, 1998. The EPD values (Hepd) of the dose equivalent from penetrating radiation, Hp(10), were assumed to be almost the same as ...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Yasuda H,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to quantify the changes of tumor blood flow (BF) in cervical cancer after radiation therapy by using perfusion computed tomography (CT), and to examine the difference between maximum slope (MS) and single-input one-compartment model (SOCM) methods. Fourteen consecutive patients who receiv...

journal_title：Journal of radiation research

authors： Shibuya K,Tsushima Y,Horisoko E,Noda SE,Taketomi-Takahashi A,Ohno T,Amanuma M,Endo K,Nakano T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00