Gamma-radiation sensitivity and risk of glioma.

doi:10.1093/jnci/93.20.1553

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Gamma-radiation sensitivity and risk of glioma.

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 17 Oct 2001

Bondy M L, Wang L E, El-Zein R, de Andrade M, Selvan M S, Bruner J M, Levin V A, Alfred Yung W K, Adatto P, Wei Q

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BACKGROUND: About 9% of human cancers are brain tumors, of which 90% are gliomas. gamma-Radiation has been identified as a risk factor for brain tumors. In a previous pilot study, we found that lymphocytes from patients with glioma were more sensitive to gamma-radiation than were lymphocytes from matched control subjects. In this larger case-control study, we compared the gamma-radiation sensitivity of...

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Adult
Animals
Brain Neoplasms
Case-Control Studies
Chromatids
Chromosome Breakage
DNA
DNA Damage
DNA Repair
DNA, Single-Stranded
Demecolcine
Female
Gamma Rays
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Glioma

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PMID: 11604478
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/93.20.1553

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