Tissue distribution of Thorotrast and role of internal irradiation in carcinogenesis

Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 733-738

  Yamasaki, Kyoko ^a,b   Yamasaki, Aiichi ^a   Tosaki, Mitsuo ^a   Isozumi, Yasuto ^a   Hiai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal irradiation; Thorotrastosis

Indexed keywords

THORIUM; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

AGED; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA PARTICLES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; THORIUM; THORIUM DIOXIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 16644365503     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.12.4.733     Document Type: Article

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