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Compromized DNA repair as a basis for identification of cancer radiotherapy patients with extreme radiosensitivity.
Cancer letters - 28 Dec 2016
Lobachevsky Pavel, Leong Trevor, Daly Patricia, Smith Jai, Best Nickala, Tomaszewski Jonathan, Thompson Ella R, Li Na, Campbell Ian G, Martin Roger F, Martin Olga A
Abstract excerpt
A small percentage of cancer radiotherapy patients develop abnormally severe side effects as a consequence of intrinsic radiosensitivity. We analysed the γ-H2AX response to ex-vivo irradiation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and plucked eyebrow hair follicles from 16 patients who developed severe late radiation toxicity following radiotherapy, and 12 matched control patients. Longer retention of the γ-H2AX...
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