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Frequency of Acentric Fragments Are Associated with Cancer Risk in Subjects Exposed to Ionizing Radiation.
Anticancer research - 1 May 2016
Fucic Aleksandra, Bonassi Stefano, Gundy Sarolta, Lazutka Juozas, Sram Radim, Ceppi Marcello, Lucas Joe N
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BACKGROUND/AIM: Biomonitoring is currently applied in the estimation of health risks after overexposure to ionizing radiation (IR). The aim of this study was to compare the association of dicentric chromosomes and acentric fragments (AF) with cancer risk in subjects exposed to IR, as well as in control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was performed on 3,574 subjects (2,030 subjects exposed to IR and...
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