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Age [less than or equal to]61.0 years (p=0.015) and [less than or equal to]17 days break (p=0.019) were important for male patients; however, only tumor radiosensitive phenotype appeared to have an influence on female OS (p=0.039).
Furthermore, it is important to determine the suitable dosage of CDDP administration combined with radon inhalation in a highly radiosensitive mouse strain.
Because retinoblastoma is a radiosensitive tumor, external beam radiotherapy was among the first-line treatment options for retinoblastoma for much of the 20th century.
Selective internal radiotherapy with 90Y microspheres has been advocated in anecdotal cases.[36] In conclusion, GIST metastases are moderately radiosensitive and the response is durable with radiotherapy.
(30) In the present study also, the lung was found to be radiosensitive when compared to the liver, kidney, and brain.
Herein, we observed that although classical cervical cancer cell lines (one radioresistant and one radiosensitive) did not shown any radiation-induced modulation of EGFR, p53, or ERCC1, almost all malignant tissues obtained from cervical cancer patients exhibited a radiation-induced phenotypic change of at least one of these proteins.
The most radiosensitive parts of the skin are the hair follicles and sweat glands.
Eschrich and colleagues validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature in a cohort of breast patients, which demonstrated that patients predicted to be radiosensitive versus radioresistant had improved 5year relapse-free survival and 5-year distant metastasis-free survival when treated with radiation [8].
RT uses radioparticles or high-energy waves (such as gamma rays, electrons, or protons) to damage or destroy cancer cells that are radiosensitive [2].
There is evidence to suggest that MLS is both radioresponsive and radiosensitive [3].
CTCL lesions are extremely radiosensitive, with some reports suggesting that low-dose radiation therapy can achieve successful results (Table 1) while allowing for fewer clinic visits, decreased costs, less toxicity to the skin, and reirradiation in the future due to symptom relapse [3, 4].
The Artemis protein (also known as DNA cross-link repair enzyme 1C, DCLRE1C) was first characterized as a part of the VDJ-recombination process in 2001 in a study of patients with radiosensitive SCID [2].
Malignant PEComas are not chemo- or radiosensitive [10].