Clustered DNA double-strand breaks: biological effects and relevance to cancer radiotherapy

JA Nickoloff, N Sharma, L Taylor - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cells manage to survive, thrive, and divide with high accuracy despite the constant threat of
DNA damage. Cells have evolved with several systems that efficiently repair spontaneous …

Roadmap for metal nanoparticles in radiation therapy: Current status, translational challenges, and future directions

J Schuemann, AF Bagley, R Berbeco… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This roadmap outlines the potential roles of metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) in the field of
radiation therapy. MNPs made up of a wide range of materials (from Titanium, Z= 22, to …

Recent improvements of the particle and heavy ion transport code system–PHITS version 3.33

T Sato, Y Iwamoto, S Hashimoto, T Ogawa… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) is a general-
purpose Monte Carlo radiation transport code that can simulate the behavior of most particle …

Ionizing radiation and complex DNA damage: from prediction to detection challenges and biological significance

IV Mavragani, Z Nikitaki, SA Kalospyros… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biological responses to ionizing radiation (IR) have been studied for many years, generally
showing the dependence of these responses on the quality of radiation, ie, the radiation …

TOPAS-nBio: an extension to the TOPAS simulation toolkit for cellular and sub-cellular radiobiology

J Schuemann, AL McNamara… - Radiation …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
The TOPAS Monte Carlo (MC) system is used in radiation therapy and medical imaging
research, having played a significant role in making Monte Carlo simulations widely …

Ionizing radiation and complex DNA damage: quantifying the radiobiological damage using Monte Carlo simulations

KP Chatzipapas, P Papadimitroulas, D Emfietzoglou… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionizing radiation is a common tool in medical procedures. Monte Carlo (MC) techniques are
widely used when dosimetry is the matter of investigation. The scientific community has …

Mechanistic modelling of radiation responses

SJ McMahon, KM Prise - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Radiobiological modelling has been a key part of radiation biology and therapy for many
decades, and many aspects of clinical practice are guided by tools such as the linear …

Modelling variable proton relative biological effectiveness for treatment planning

A McNamara, H Willers… - The British journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dose in proton radiotherapy is generally prescribed by scaling the physical proton dose by a
constant value of 1.1. Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) is defined as the ratio of doses …

Ionization detail parameters and cluster dose: a mathematical model for selection of nanodosimetric quantities for use in treatment planning in charged particle …

B Faddegon, EA Blakely, L Burigo… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To propose a mathematical model for applying ionization detail (ID), the detailed
spatial distribution of ionization along a particle track, to proton and ion beam radiotherapy …

Simulation of DNA damage using Geant4‐DNA: an overview of the “molecularDNA” example application

KP Chatzipapas, NH Tran, M Dordevic… - Precision Radiation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The scientific community shows great interest in the study of DNA damage
induction, DNA damage repair, and the biological effects on cells and cellular systems after …