Micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes and cancer risk: evidence from human studies

S Bonassi, R El-Zein, C Bolognesi, M Fenech - Mutagenesis, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Over a century ago, Theodor Boveri paved the way to mechanistic studies linking
chromosomal abnormalities to cancer pathogenesis. Since then, theoretical and empirical …

Micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes of cancer patients: a meta-analysis

G Iarmarcovai, M Ceppi, A Botta, T Orsiere… - … Research/Reviews in …, 2008 - Elsevier
Micronuclei (MN) frequency is a biomarker of chromosomal damage, genome instability, and
cancer risk that integrates acquired mutations and genetic susceptibility. To evaluate and …

Effects of an integrated yoga program in modulating psychological stress and radiation-induced genotoxic stress in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

B Banerjee, HS Vadiraj, A Ram, R Rao… - Integrative cancer …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Effects of an integrated yoga program in modulating perceived stress levels, anxiety, as well
as depression levels and radiation-induced DNA damage were studied in 68 breast cancer …

Cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay and cancer risk assessment

R El-Zein, A Vral, CJ Etzel - Mutagenesis, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Cancer risk assessment is a multidisciplinary process that goes beyond the scope of
classical epidemiology to include the biological evaluation of individual differences to …

Molecular contribution of BRCA1 and BRCA2 to genome instability in breast cancer patients: Review of radiosensitivity assays

F Sadeghi, M Asgari, M Matloubi, M Ranjbar… - Biological procedures …, 2020 - Springer
Background DNA repair pathways, cell cycle arrest checkpoints, and cell death induction are
present in cells to process DNA damage and prevent genomic instability caused by various …

Chromosomal radiosensitivity and acute radiation side effects after radiotherapy in tumour patients-a follow-up study

R Huber, H Braselmann, H Geinitz, I Jaehnert… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Background Radiotherapists are highly interested in optimizing doses especially for patients
who tend to suffer from side effects of radiotherapy (RT). It seems to be helpful to identify …

Phenotyping for DNA repair capacity

I Decordier, KV Loock, M Kirsch-Volders - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2010 - Elsevier
The ability to repair DNA damage is strongly associated with the risk of cancer and other
human diseases as it is essential for maintenance of genome stability. Moreover, DNA repair …

Lymphocyte micronuclei frequencies in skin, haematological, prostate, colorectal and esophageal cancer cases: A systematic review and meta-analysis

VS Dhillon, P Deo, S Bonassi, M Fenech - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Micronucleus (MN) assay has been widely used as a biomarker of DNA damage,
chromosomal instability, cancer risk and accelerated aging in many epidemiological studies …

Micronuclei and upper body cancers (head, neck, breast cancers) a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Bolognesi, M Bruzzone, M Ceppi, F Marcon - … Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
A systematic review and a meta-analysis were performed on 19 studies on head and neck
cancer (HNC) and 21 studies on breast cancer (BC) to evaluate the application of …

Role of micronucleus test in predicting breast cancer susceptibility: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Cardinale, P Bruzzi, C Bolognesi - British journal of cancer, 2012 - nature.com
Background: The cytokinesis-block micronucleus test (MNT), as a marker of chromosomal
mutagen sensitivity, was applied in a number of studies enrolling breast cancer (BC) …