Advances in Radiation Biology V14
：Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems. Part II
Publication subTitle ：Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems. Part II
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9780323155465
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780120354146
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780120354146
Subject： R Medicine and Health;R-6 Reference Books of Medicine and Health;R1 Preventive Medicine , Health;R4 Clinical Medicine;R68 (content in Kinesiology of Department of Orthopedics diseases, orthopedics)
Language： ENG
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Description
Advances in Radiation Biology, Volume 14: Relative Radiation Sensitivities of Human Organ Systems, Part II focuses on radiation sensitivities of particular human organ systems. The sensitivities are then assessed based on the severity and the rapidity in which the effects of radiation manifest.
The opening chapter surveys the clinical and experimental data on approaches toward the prevention of bladder complications in clinical radiotherapy. A discussion on HeLa cells, which are of special importance in human cervical cancer therapy, is then presented. In presenting this topic, this book emphasizes radiation sensitivity and radiobiology of tumors of the cervix of the female genital tract. Chapter 3 briefly covers imaging techniques for hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction diagnosis and introduces hormonal therapy for remarkable improvements in both physical and mental status of patients. The subsequent chapters discuss basic radiobiology of the thyroid in experimental animal and the late effects of therapeutic and low-level radiation in humans. The radiation damages in bone and cartilage and the changes occurring in the various types of vessels during radiation therapy are also discussed.
Chapter 7 presents the basic biology of spermatogenesis, as it applies to the understanding of radiation effects. This chapter also explains the studies of rodents, as it applies to subhuman primates and to man. Moreover, it considers as well the mechanisms of radiation damage to the
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