Changes in serum trace element levels following local irradiation of a solid tumor. |
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| Authors: | R O Allen M D Baker W B Looney H A Hopkins C J Kovacs |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA;2. Division of Radiobiology and Biophysics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, USA |
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| Abstract: | The changes in concentrations of a number of trace elements have been determined by neutron activation analysis in tumor, liver, and blood serum of host animals, following local irradiation of a solid tumor (3924A Morris hepatoma). These trace element changes are compared to the changes observed in a parallel study of the effects of the chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil on the same tumor. Since the changes in some of the trace elements parallel the changes in pathological and biochemical factors resulting from the insult of radiation on the tumor, these trace elements may be valuable markers in the clinical evaluation of therapeutic response and as monitors of the long term effects of cancer therapy. |
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