Work

Radioprotection.

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: Over 40% of cancer patients will require radiation therapy during management of their disease. Although radiation therapy improves the survival of a significant number of cancer patients, both acute radiation toxicity (which manifests during a course of clinical radiotherapy or shortly thereafter), and late toxicity (developing months to years after completion of radiotherapy) compromise overall outcomes for successfully treated cancer patients.

Source: PubMed

Author: Joel S Greenberger

Institution: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Effects of Radiation Exposure

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: Mechanism of Irradiation Pulmonary Fibrosis, Signature-Directed, Sequential Delivery of Radiation Mitigators, Gene Therapy Reduction of Radiotherapy Esophagitis