Cancer remains the leading cause of death around the world. In cancer treatment, over 50%
of cancer patients receive radiotherapy alone or in multimodal combinations with other …

Radiation pneumonitis (RP) and radiation fibrosis (RF) are two dose-limiting toxicities of
radiotherapy (RT), especially for lung, and esophageal cancer. It occurs in 5–20% of …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by an
abnormal reepithelialisation, an excessive tissue remodelling and a progressive fibrosis …

Radiotherapy is used to treat approximately 50% of all cancer patients, with varying success.
The dose of ionizing radiation that can be given to the tumour is determined by the sensitivity …

This report provides a review of early and late effects of radiation in normal tissues and
organs with respect to radiation protection. It was instigated following a recommendation in …

Peroxynitrite—the product of the diffusion-controlled reaction of nitric oxide with superoxide
radical—is a short-lived oxidant species that is a potent inducer of cell death. Conditions in …

Purpose Ionizing radiation (IR)–induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is an irreversible and
severe late effect of thoracic radiation therapy. The goal of this study was to determine …

Exposure of eukaryotic cells to ionizing radiation (IR) results in the immediate formation of
free radicals that last a matter of milliseconds. It has been assumed that the subsequent …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

Oxidative stress has become widely viewed as an underlying condition in a number of
diseases, such as ischemia–reperfusion disorders, central nervous system disorders …