MEDICAL REFERENCES

Radiation

Timing is Everything in Combined Antiangiogenic / Radiation Therapy, Jain, Cancer Cell  2004; 6: 553-563.

 

Effects of Zinc Supplementation on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers: a Double-blinded Randomized Study,Lin, Que, Lin, et al., Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2008; 702: 368-373.

 

Curcumin – a New Radiosensitizer of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells, Khafif, et al., Otolarngol. Head Neck Surg., 2005; 132: 317-321.

 

The Chemopreventative Agent Curcumin is a Potent Radiosensitizer of Human Cervical Tumor Cells via Increased ROS production and Overactivation of the MAPK Pathway, Javvadi, Segan, Tuttle, et al., Mol. Pharmacol.  2008 Feb. 5  Epub ahead of print, PMID# 18252805.

 

Effects of Rhubarb Extract on Radiation Induced Lung Toxicity Via Decreasing Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 and Interleukin-6 in Lung Cancer Patients Treated with Radiotherapy,Yu, Liu, Cheng, et al., Lung Cancer 2008; 592: 219-226.

 

ARCON (accelerated radiotherapy with carbogen and nicotinamide): a Novel Biology-based Approach in Radiotherapy  Kanders, Bussink & van der Kogel, Lancet Oncol. 2002; 3 (12): 728-737.

 

Radiosensitization by Nicotinamide in vivo: A Greater Enhancement of Tumor Damage Compared to that of Normal Tissue, Horsman, Chaplin & Brown, Rad. Res. 1987; 109: 479-489.

 

Mechanism of Action of the Selective Tumor Radio-Sensitizer Nicotinamide, Horsman, Brown, et al,  Int. J. Rad. Onc. Biophys. 1988; 15: 685-690.

 

Nicotinamide and Other Benzamide Analogs as Agents for Overcoming Hypoxic Cell Radiation Resistance in Tumors. A Review, Horsman, Acta Oncol. 1995; 34 (5): 571-587.

 

Do Antioxidants Interfere with Radiation Therapy for Cancer?, Moss, Integr. Cancer Ther. 2007, 6 (3): 281-292.

 

Acute Adverse Effects of Radiation Therapy and Local Recurrence in Relation to Dietary and Plasma Beta Carotene and Alpha Tocopherol in Head and Neck Cancer Patients, Meyer, Bairati, Jobin, et al.,Nutr. Cancer  2007; 59 (1): 29-35.

 

Dietary Counselling Benefits Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy, Ravasco. et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 2005; 23: 1348-1349, 1431-1438.

 

Effect of Concomitant Naturopathic Therapies on Clinical Tumor Response to External Beam Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer (Abstract), Birdsall, Alschuler, Martin, et al., Soc. Integr. Oncol.  Nov. 2006, Boston,Mass.

 

Effect of Complementary Alternative Medical (CAM) Therapy on Tumor Response in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Radiation Therapy, Cain, Flynn, Kelly, et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 2007; 25: 15585.

 

Potential for Combined Modality Therapy of Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors and Radiation, Saha & Choy, Prog Exp Tumor Res. 2003; 37: 193-209.

 

Long-term Use of Cellular Phones and Brain Tumours: Increased Risk Associated with Use for >=

10 Years, Hardell, Carlberg, Soderqvist, et al., Occup. Envir. Med. 2007; 64 (9): 626-632.

 

Oral Vitamin A Therapy for a Patient with a Severely Symptomatic Post-Radiation Anal Ulceration, Levitsky, Hong, Jani & Ehrenpreis, Dis Colon Rectum 2003; 46 (5): 679- 682.

 

Phase I Study of Concurrent Radiotherapy with TS-1 and Vitamin A (TAR Therapy) for Head and Neck Cancer, Nakashima, Kuramoti, Yamamoto, et al., Gan To Kagaku Ryoho  2005; 32 (6): 803-807.

 

Sensitization of Cervical Cancer Cell Lines to Low-dose Radiation by Retinoic Acid Does Not Require Functional p53, Tillmanns, Kamelle, Guruswamy, et al., Gynecol Oncol 2005; 97 (1): 142-150.

 

Supplemental Vitamin A Prevents the Acute Radiation-induced Defect in Wound Healing,Levenson, Gruber, Rettura, et al., Ann Surg 1984; 200 (4): 494-512.

 

Protective Effect of Vitamin A on Acute Radiation Injury in the Small Intestine, Beyzadeoglu, Balkan, Demiriz, et al., Radiat. Med. 1997; 15 (1): 1-5.

 

A New Electromagnetic Exposure Metric: High Frequency Voltage Transients Associated with Increased Cancer Incidence in Teachers in a California School, Milham & Morgan, Am J Ind Med  2008; 51 (8): 579-586.

 

Arachidonic Acid Metabolites Mediate the Radiation-induced Increase in Glomerular Albumin Permeability, Sharma, McCarthy, Sharma, et al., Exp. Biol. Med. 2006; 231: 99-106. 

 

Enhanced Radiosensitivity of Rat Autochthonous Mammary Tumors by Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid, Colas, Paon, Denis, et al., Int. J. Cancer 2004; 109 (3): 449-454.

 

[Omega-3 Fatty Acid-containing Diet (Racol) Reduces Toxicity of Chemo-radiation Therapy for Patients with Esophageal Cancer],Minami, Miyata, Doki, et al., Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2008; 35 (3): 437-440.

 

Aloe vera for Preventing Radiation-induced Skin Reactions: A Systematic Literature Review, Richardson, Smith, McIntyre, et al., Clin. Oncol (R. Coll. Radiol). 2005; 17 (6): 478-484.

 

Prevention of Chemotherapy and Radiation Toxicity with Glutamine, Savarese, Savy, Vahdat, et al., Cancer Treat. Rev. 2003; 29 (6): 501-513.

 

Successful and Sustained Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis with Antioxidant Vitamins E and C,  Kennedy, Bruninga, Mutlu, et. al.,Am. J.Gastroenterol. 2001; 96 (4): 1080-1084.

 

Protective effects of Berberine on Radiation-induced Lung Injury via Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 and Transforming Growth Factor beta-1 in Patients with Lung Cancer, Liu, Yu, Zhang, et al., Eur. J. Cancer 2008; 44 (16): 2425-2432.

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