Radiation in medicine: Origins, risks and aspirations. [PDF]
, 2014 The use of radiation in medicine is now pervasive and routine. From their crude beginnings 100 years ago, diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy have all evolved into advanced techniques, and are regarded as essential tools across ...
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Comorbid Conditions in Persons Exposed to Ionizing Radiation and Veterans of the Soviet–Afghan War: A Cohort Study in Kazakhstan [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthObjectives: This study investigated the prevalence and characteristics of comorbid conditions in patients exposed to ionizing radiation and those who were involved in the Soviet–Afghan war.
Saule Sarkulova +4 more
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Unintended and accidental medical radiation exposures in radiology: guidelines on investigation and prevention [PDF]
, 2017 This paper sets out guidelines for managing radiation exposure incidents involving patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology. The work is based on collation of experiences from representatives of international and national organizations for ...
Damilakis, John. +8 more
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Lifetime prevalence of non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancer in Australian recreational and competitive surfers [PDF]
, 2016 Background/Purpose Surfing is one of the most popular outdoor aquatic activities in Australia with an estimated 2.7 million recreational surfers; however, Australia has long been recognized as having the highest incidence of melanoma in the world, and it ...
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Skin toxicity after radiotherapy. About a case [PDF]
, 2015 A 60-year-old woman was admitted to the Department complaining of a slow growing mass in the right knee. Physical examination demonstrated a mass on the postero-lateral aspect of the right knee, which was not tender or mobile, however was rubbery and ...
Calvieri, Stefano +6 more
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Ionizing radiation damage refers to acute, delayed, or chronic tissue damage associated with ionizing radiation. Specific or effective therapeutic options for systemic injuries induced by ionizing radiation have not been developed.
Xiaomeng Zhang +8 more
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Perception of radiation dose and potential risks of computed tomography in emergency department medical personnel [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2015 Objective Use of computed tomography (CT) continues to increase, but the relatively high radiation doses associated with CT have raised health concerns such as future risk of cancer.
Jin Hee Lee +9 more
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Conjoined Stent Technique for Radiation Induced Long Segment Carotid Stenosis and Pseudoaneurysm [PDF]
Neurointervention, 2014 Radiation induced carotid stenosis (RICS) is known but challenging complication of head and neck irradiation. Endovascular revascularization is preferred treatment modality than surgical revascularization.
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Further Characterization of the Mitigation of Radiation Lethality by Protective Wounding [PDF]
, 2017 There continues to be a major effort in the United States to develop mitigators for the treatment of mass casualties that received high-intensity acute ionizing radiation exposures from the detonation of an improvised nuclear device during a radiological
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Possible Mechanisms for The Effects of Calcium Deficiency on Male Infertility [PDF]
International Journal of Fertility and Sterility, 2019 Calcium (Ca) is a significant element that acts as an intracellular second messenger. It is necessary for many physi- ological processes in spermatozoa including spermatogenesis, sperm motility, capacitation, acrosome reaction and fertilization ...
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