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Adverse Late Effects of Radiation Treatment in the Pancreas

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Abbreviations

bcl-2:

B cell lymphoma-2

bax:

B cell lymphoma-associated X

gEUD:

Generalized equivalent uniform dose

GPx:

Glutathione peroxidase

IL-1:

Interleukin-1

IMRT:

Intensity modulated radiation therapy

QUANTEC:

Quantitative analyses of normal tissue effects in the clinic

SOD2:

Superoxide dismutase

TNF-α:

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha

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  1. Philip Rubin Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Suzanne Russo

  2. Philip Rubin Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology and Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Roger Ove

  3. Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Luis Fajardo

  4. Hector MacLean Distinguished Professor of Cancer. Research Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joel Tepper

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Russo, S., Ove, R., Fajardo, L., Tepper, J. (2014). Adverse Late Effects of Radiation Treatment in the Pancreas. In: Rubin, P., Constine, L., Marks, L. (eds) ALERT • Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75863-1_16

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