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Radiation and Its Application in Oncology and Radiation Protection
Editor: Prof. Dr. Alexandros Georgakilas
Approximately 50% of all cancer patients receive ionizing radiation therapy (RT) that contributes towards curative treatment in around 40% of cases. Despite improvements in target delineation, radiation techniques and dose fractionation and local and distant recurrences can occur, determining tre...
12 articles
Radiation in Medical Imaging
We publish high-quality Research Article and Reviews including basic, translational, clinical studies on the use of radiations for medical imaging including the following fields:
- radiology
- nuclear medicine
- dosimetry
- radiation protection
- radiopharmacy
- radiochemistry
- radiobiology
- radiation physics
9 articles
Radiation-Induced DNA Damage Signaling and Repair
Ionizing radiation induces a variety of lesions in DNA, of which double-strand breaks (DSBs) are considered the most lethal. Following irradiation, a multicomponent of signal transduction network referred as DNA damage response (DDR) is activated to sense DNA damages,...
2 articles

