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Studying Normal Tissue Radiation Effects using Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels
Published on: July 24, 2019
[Predictive assays for responses of tumors and normal tissues in radiation oncology]
O Riou1, C Bourgier1, M Brengues2
1IRCM, institut de recherche en cancérologie de Montpellier, inserm U1194, univ Montpellier, Avenue des Apothicaires, 34298 Montpellier cedex 05, France; Fédération universitaire d'oncologie radiothérapie, icm, institut régional du cancer Montpellier, Rue croix verte, 34298 Montpellier cedex 05, France.
Abstract:
The impact of curative radiotherapy depends mainly on the total dose delivered homogenously in the target volume. Tumor sensitivity to radiotherapy may be particularly inconstant depending on location, histology, somatic genetic parameters and the capacity of the immune system to infiltrate the tumor. In addition, the dose delivered to the surrounding healthy tissues may reduce the therapeutic ratio of many radiation treatments. In a same population treated in one center with the same technique, it appears that individual radiosensitivity clearly exists, namely in terms of late side effects that are in principle non-reversible. This review details the different radiobiological approaches that have been developed to better predict the tumor response but also the radiation-induced late effects.
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