Radiotherapy is one of the major therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment. In the past
decade, there has been growing interest in using high Z (atomic number) elements …

Enhancement of radiation effects by high-atomic number nanoparticles (NPs) has been
increasingly studied for its potential to improve radiotherapeutic efficacy. The underlying …

Approximately one third of the human proteome contains metal cations, either in the form of
cofactors with catalytic functions or as structural support elements. 1, 2 To guarantee a …

The medical imaging and therapeutic technologies that are based on the use of radiation
are reviewed briefly, with special emphasis on the recent developments of synchrotron …

Several major diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular abnormalities, may be linked to
pathological deposition of minerals or organic compounds in various tissues. 1− 3 Thus, the …

Response rates to conventional chemotherapeutics remain unsatisfactory for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) due to the high rates of chemoresistance and recurrence. Tumor-initiating …

Recently, nanoparticles have been considered as a method of providing radiation dose
enhancement in tumors. In order to quantify this affect, a dose enhancement factor (DEF) is …

High-grade gliomas are usually of poor prognosis, and conventional radiotherapy, even
combined with chemotherapy, still fails to improve the survival of patients. Here, we propose …

This study was designed to experimentally evaluate the optimal X-ray energy for increasing
the radiation energy absorbed in tumours loaded with iodinated compounds, using the …

Trace metals play important roles in biological function, and x‐ray fluorescence microscopy
(XFM) provides a way to quantitatively image their distribution within cells. The faithfulness …