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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Valentina Bravatà
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-65954 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Minafra Luigi L Bravatà Valentina V Russo Giorgio G Forte Giusi Irma GI Cammarata Francesco Paolo FP Ripamonti Marilena M Candiano Giuliana G Cervello Melchiorre M Giallongo Agata A Perconti Giovanni G Messa Cristina C Gilardi Maria Carla MC
Anticancer research 20150601 6
<h4>Background/aim</h4>Intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT) is a therapeutic approach that delivers a single high dose of ionizing radiation (IR) directly to the tumor bed during cancer surgery. The main goal of IOERT is to counteract tumor growth by acting on residual cancer cells as well as to preserve healthy surrounding tissue from the side-effects of radiation therapy. The radiobiology of the healthy tissue response to IR is a topic of interest which may contribute to avoiding ...[more]