The radiation-induced fibroatrophic process: Therapeutic perspective via the antioxidant pathway

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-131

  Delanian, Sylvie ^a   Lefaix, Jean Louis ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant pathway; Fibrosis; Late radiation effects; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAPTOPRIL; CLODRONIC ACID; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOKINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GROWTH FACTOR; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOCOPHEROL;

BONE NECROSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRIN FORMATION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; GENE THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INDUCED FIBROATROPHY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944220853     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.021     Document Type: Review

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