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Analysis of genetic changes in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma induced by thorotrast.
Radiation research - 1 Dec 1999
Kamikawa T, Amenomori M, Itoh T, Momoi H, Hiai H, Machinami R, Ishikawa Y, Mori T, Shimahara Y, Yamaoka Y, Fukumoto M
Abstract excerpt
Thorotrast, a colloidal suspension of radioactive (232)ThO(2) that emits alpha particles, was used as a radiographic contrast agent in the 1930s-1950s. Several decades after injection, Thorotrast causes liver cancers, among which intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is prominent. We investigated mutations of the RAS and the TP53 genes in archival sections of ICC induced by Thorotrast. Compared to ICC that was...
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