Severe and Fatal Multilobar Nonclassic Radiation Pneumonitis following Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Treatment of Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Report o... by Anastasios Georgiou, Adam Farmer

“…SBRT delivers a very high dose of ionizing radiation to a relatively small region encompassing the tumor and spares a significant portion of the remaining lung from high doses. …”
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Quercetin as a radiosensitizer for enhanced efficacy of radiotherapy in MCF-7 breast cancer cells by Mohammad Banparvar, Hamid Saeidi Saedi, Mona Haddad Zahmatkesh

“…Conclusions: The study's findings demonstrated that quercetin has the ability to increase the sensitivity of MCF-7 breast cancer cells to ionizing radiation in a manner that depends on the dosage.…”
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Enhanced antitumor efficacy of STING agonist MSA-2 by lipid nanoparticles delivering circular IL-23 mRNA and platinum-modified MSA-2 combination by Tian He, Yating Li, Weiqi Li, Muqing Zhang, Guishuan Wang, Peng Zhou, Guoqi Song, Wenqing Li

“…Firstly, we synthesized a new series of ionizable phospholipids and formulated and optimized an LNP36 for delivering circular IL-23 mRNA. …”
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Co-Doping Effects in CdWO4 Scintillator Thin Films as Alpha Counters: Ag and Gd Cases by Nooshin Heydarian Dehkordi, Morteza Raeisi, Sanaz Alamdari

“…The results indicate that the manufactured nanocomposites could be promising candidates for ionizing radiation detectors, radiometric monitoring, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs).…”
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Quantitative and longitudinal assessment of human placental inflammation using diffusion basis spectrum imaging by Zhexian Sun, Wenjie Wu, Zezhen Xiang, Hansong Gao, Weina Ju, Cherilyn Uhm, Ian S. Hagemann, Pamela K. Woodard, Nanbert Zhong, Alison G. Cahill, Qing Wang, Yong Wang

“…DBSI detects elevated immune cell infiltration associated with placental inflammation and enables non-invasive imaging of placental inflammation, offering early detection and monitoring throughout pregnancy, facilitating personalized care and potentially improving pregnancy outcomes without ionizing radiation.…”
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Little strokes fell big oaks: The use of weak magnetic fields and reactive oxygen species to fight cancer by Margit Egg, Thomas Kietzmann

“…WEMFs affect multiple cellular processes through mechanisms such as the radical pair mechanism (RPM), which alters reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, mitochondrial function, and glycolysis, among others.This review explores the potential of WEMF in conjunction with reactive oxygen species as a cancer therapy, highlighting WEMFs selective targeting of cancer cells and its non-ionizing nature, which could reduce collateral damage compared to conventional treatments. …”
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DNA repair in cancer stem cells as a factor for glioma resistance to radiotherapy by Yu. S. Makusheva, G. L. Dianov

“…To sum up, it is shown that DNA repair contributes to the development of tumor resistance to ionizing radiation. In addition, our work confirms the hypothesis that inhibition of DNA repair processes in these cells leads to tumor sensitization to radiotherapy.…”
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Ferroptosis induced by environmental pollutants and its health implications by Fu-Han Gong, Liyuan Liu, Xuesheng Wang, Qi Xiang, Xin Yi, Ding-Sheng Jiang

“…The targeting of ferroptosis has been demonstrated to be an effective means of ameliorating the health damage caused by PM2.5, organic and inorganic pollutants, and ionizing radiation. This review begins by providing a summary of the most recent and important advances in ferroptosis. …”
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Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Alter the Gut-Brain Communication by L. A. Ballsmider, A. C. Vaughn, M. David, A. Hajnal, P. M. Di Lorenzo, K. Czaja

“…Microglia activation was determined by quantifying changes in the fluorescent staining of hindbrain sections against an ionizing calcium adapter binding molecule 1 (Iba1). …”
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Comparison of Radio- and Phototoxicity in Association with an Enhancing Effect of the Photosensitizers Psoralen, Trioxsalen and Ortho-Iodo-Hoechst33258 on FaDu, PC-3, 4T1 and B16-F... by Katja Tietze, Florian Brandt, Kerstin Wetzig, Lisa Hübinger, Marc Pretze, Ralph Alexander Bundschuh, Jörg Kotzerke

“…<b>Methods:</b> PC-3, FaDu, 4T1 and B16-F10 cells were irradiated with different wavelengths of ultraviolet light (UVA/UVC) and ionizing radiation (X-ray). Furthermore, different photosensitizers (ortho-iodo-Hoechst33258/psoralen/trioxsalen) were tested for their amplifying effect. …”
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Quantitative analysis of povidone-iodine thin films by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and their physicochemical properties by Sa Anongtip, Sawatdee Somchai, Phadoongsombut Narubodee, Buatong Wilaiporn, Nakpeng Titpawan, Sritharadol Rutthapol, Srichana Teerapol

“…X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis revealed the ionized form of iodine was much higher than the unionized form. …”
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Human head and neck cancer cell lines response to cold atmospheric plasma activated media is affected by the chemistry of culture media by Viviana di Giacomo, Marwa Balaha, Asia Pece, Ilaria Cela, Gianluca Fulgenzi, Giovanna Orsini, Tatiana Spadoni, Tirtha Raj Acharya, Nagendra Kumar Kaushik, Eun Ha Choi, Monica Rapino, Mariangela Mazzone, Gabriella Mincione, Gianluca Sala, Eloisa Sardella, Vittoria Perrotti

“…Cold atmospheric plasmas (CAPs) are partially ionized gases that have shown anti-tumor effectiveness over a wide range of cancer types with potential application into clinics. …”
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Enhanced Radiation Levels at Aviation Altitudes and Their Relationship to Plasma Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere by Homayon Aryan, Jacob Bortnik, W. Kent Tobiska, Piyush Mehta, Rashmi Siddalingappa

“…Abstract It is believed that galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles are the two major sources of ionizing radiation. However, the radiation source may also be due to relativistic electrons that are associated with precipitation from the Van Allen radiation belts. …”
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A New Model for Nowcasting the Aviation Radiation Environment With Comparisons to In Situ Measurements During GLEs by A. D. P. Hands, F. Lei, C. S. Davis, B. J. Clewer, C. S. Dyer, K. A. Ryden

“…These space weather phenomena pose a risk to aviation via single event effects in aircraft electronics and ionizing dose to passengers and crew. Under the UK Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modeling and Risk programme, we have developed a new model to provide nowcasts of the aviation radiation environment, including both the galactic cosmic ray (GCR) background and during GLE events. …”
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Resistance to Radiotherapy in Cancer by Almaz A. Akhunzianov, Elvira V. Rozhina, Yuliya V. Filina, Albert A. Rizvanov, Regina R. Miftakhova

“…Radiation therapy or radiotherapy is a medical treatment that uses high doses of ionizing radiation to eliminate cancer cells and shrink tumors. …”
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Insights from in vivo preclinical cancer studies with histotripsy by Tejaswi Worlikar, Timothy Hall, Man Zhang, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Michael Green, Clifford S. Cho, Zhen Xu

“…Histotripsy is the first noninvasive, non-ionizing, and non-thermal ablation technique that mechanically fractionates target tissue into acellular homogenate via controlled acoustic cavitation. …”
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Sodium Bicarbonate Therapy in Patients with Metabolic Acidosis by María M. Adeva-Andany, Carlos Fernández-Fernández, David Mouriño-Bayolo, Elvira Castro-Quintela, Alberto Domínguez-Montero

“…Side effects associated with sodium bicarbonate therapy include hypercapnia, hypokalemia, ionized hypocalcemia, and QTc interval prolongation. …”
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Asymptomatic Severe Hypocalcemia Secondary to Vitamin D Deficiency in an Elderly Patient by Saleh Aldasouqi, Crystal M. Glassy, Matthew S. Glassy, Anxhela Treska, Molly Caldwell-McMillan, Ved Gossain

“…The patient remained asymptomatic throughout her hospital stay. Total and ionized calcium levels at discharge were 7.2 mg/dL and 1.03 mmol/L (normal range 1.1–1.4 mmol/L), respectively. …”
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Effect of Transplantation of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Platelets Rich Plasma on Experimental Model of Radiation Induced Oral Mucosal Injury in Albino Rats by Basma Elsaadany, Samar El Kholy, Dalia El Rouby, Laila Rashed, Tarek Shouman

“…Therefore, the current work aimed at exploring the possible role of systemically injected bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) and/or locally injected platelet rich plasma (PRP) in ameliorating the side effects of ionizing radiation on the rat’s tongue. Twelve rats served as control group (N) and 48 rats received a single radiation dose of 13 Gy to the head and neck region; then, they were equally divided into 4 experimental groups: irradiated only (C), irradiated + MSCs (S), irradiated + (PRP) (P), and combined group (PS). …”
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New insights into structural, optical, electrical and thermoelectric behavior of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 single crystals by G. Jagło, Kamila Kluczewska-Chmielarz, J. Suchanicz, A. Kruk, A. Kania, D. Sitko, M. Nowakowska-Malczyk, M. Łapiński, G. Stachowski

“…The activation energy values determined from the conductivity data, the imaginary part of the electric impedance and the modulus indicate that the relaxation process in the high-temperature range is attributable to both single and double ionized oxygen vacancies, in combination with the hopping of electrons between Ti4+ and Ti3+. …”
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