Active artisanal mining-induced radiogenic hazards: insights from radiogeochemistry of Wamba Areas, north-central Nigeria [PDF]
This study assesses naturally occurring radioactive materials and radon gas contamination in drinking water sources across the artisanal mining-dominated Wamba area, North-Central Nigeria, with the primary objective of evaluating radiological safety by ...
Taiwo Adewumi +6 more
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No retinopathy after orbital irradiation in patients with thyroid eye disease – a follow up study [PDF]
IntroductionThyroid eye disease (TED) is an autoimmune disease of the orbit. In moderate to severe active disease, orbital radiotherapy (ORT) is a treatment option.
Sara Makhoul +11 more
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Incidence risk of hepatobiliary malignant neoplasms in the cohort of workers chronically exposed to ionizing radiation [PDF]
The increased risk of liver malignancies was found in workers of the first Russian nuclear production facility, Mayak Production Association, who had been chronically exposed to gamma rays externally and to alpha particles internally due to plutonium ...
Galina Zhuntova +2 more
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Dissecting the Impact of Genetic Background on Oncogenic Response to Radiation Exposure in the Ptch1+/− Mouse Model [PDF]
Medulloblastoma (MB) is a common primary brain cancer in children. The sonic hedgehog (SHH) pathway is indispensable for the normal development of the cerebellum, and MB is often caused by persistent SHH activation owing to mutations in pathway ...
Barbara Tanno +6 more
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Multimodal PET–MR segmentation for glioblastoma: complementarity for treatment planning and recurrence definition [PDF]
Background In patients with Glioblastoma (GBM), Magnetic Resonance (MR) is used for tumour diagnosis and treatment planning. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) with O-(2)-18 F-Fluoroethyl-L-Tyrosine (FET) has been recommended to distinguish local ...
Alejandro Mora-Rubio +15 more
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Solid cancer mortality risk in the Southern Urals populations exposed to radiation cohort: 1950-2019
The objective of the study is to obtain direct risk estimates of solid cancer mortality for members of the Southern Urals Populations Exposed to Radiation Cohort.
L. Yu. Krestinina, S. S. Silkin
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Breast cancer incidence risk in accidentally exposed persons of the Southern Urals
The objective of the paper is to assess the breast cancer incidence risk in the Ural cohort of accidentally exposed population. The cohort of people exposed in the Southern Urals on the Techa River and in the East Ural Radioactive Trace was created in ...
L. Yu. Krestinina +5 more
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The aim of this work is to assess the radiogenic risk of solid cancers incidence in the members of the Urals Childhood Exposure Cohort. The cohort includes people exposed under 20 years of age as a result of two radiation accidents at the Mayak ...
L. Yu. Krestinina +4 more
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The potential overtreatment of patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (MPTC) has been an important clinical problem in endocrine oncology over the past decade.
Tetiana Bogdanova +14 more
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The aim of the study was to develop a methodology that allows taking into account the age and sex dependencies of the risk of radiogenic cancer and the age and sex distribution of the patients to evaluate the collective risk due to separate X-ray ...
V. Yu. Golikov
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