Cancer is a class of diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and has the ability to
spread or metastasize throughout the body. In recent years, remarkable progress has been …

Salivary glands sustain collateral damage following radiotherapy (RT) to treat cancers of the
head and neck, leading to complications, including mucositis, xerostomia and …

The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

Objective To determine the association between exposure to radiotherapy for the treatment
of prostate cancer and subsequent second malignancies (second primary cancers). Design …

Our understanding of how radiation kills normal and tumour cells has been based on an
intimate knowledge of the direct induction of DNA damage and its cellular consequences …

The p53 protein responds to stress signals by regulating the transcription of a variety of
genes. Some of these genes encode secreted proteins that may be involved in the …

The potential of α-particle emitters to treat cancer has been recognized since the early
1900s. Advances in the targeted delivery of radionuclides and radionuclide conjugation …

It has generally been considered that important biological effects of ionizing radiation arise
as a direct consequence of DNA damage occurring in irradiated cells. We have examined …

Research on radiation carcinogenesis during the past 2 decades has focused on cellular
and molecular mechanisms for the effects of radiation in mammalian cells. This paper will …

Morgan, W. Non-targeted and Delayed Effects of Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: I. Radiation-
Induced Genomic Instability and Bystander Effects In Vitro. Radiat. Res. 159, 567–580 …