Whole-Body Irradiation

"Whole-Body Irradiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Irradiation of the whole body with ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. It is applicable to humans or animals but not to microorganisms.

Descriptor ID	D014916
MeSH Number(s)	E02.815.814 E05.980
Concept/Terms	Whole-Body Irradiation Whole-Body Irradiation Whole Body Irradiation Total Body Irradiation Radiation, Whole-Body Radiation, Whole Body Whole-Body Radiation Radiations, Whole-Body Whole Body Radiation Whole-Body Radiations Irradiation, Total Body Irradiations, Total Body Total Body Irradiations Irradiation, Whole-Body Irradiation, Whole Body Irradiations, Whole-Body Whole-Body Irradiations

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Radiotherapy [E02.815]
Whole-Body Irradiation [E02.815.814]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Whole-Body Irradiation [E05.980]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	2	2
2013	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1

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Purgason A, Zhang Y, Hamilton SR, Gridley DS, Sodipe A, Jejelowo O, Ramesh GT, Moreno-Villanueva M, Wu H. Apoptosis and expression of apoptosis-related genes in mouse intestinal tissue after whole-body proton exposure. Mol Cell Biochem. 2018 May; 442(1-2):155-168.

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Saraf SL, Oh AL, Patel PR, Jalundhwala Y, Sweiss K, Koshy M, Campbell-Lee S, Gowhari M, Hassan J, Peace D, Quigley JG, Khan I, Molokie RE, Hsu LL, Mahmud N, Levinson DJ, Pickard AS, Garcia JG, Gordeuk VR, Rondelli D. Nonmyeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation with Alemtuzumab/Low-Dose Irradiation to Cure and Improve the Quality of Life of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 Mar; 22(3):441-8.

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Ghoneum M, Badr El-Din NK, Abdel Fattah SM, Tolentino L. Arabinoxylan rice bran (MGN-3/Biobran) provides protection against whole-body ?-irradiation in mice via restoration of hematopoietic tissues. J Radiat Res. 2013 May; 54(3):419-29.

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McDonald JT, Kim K, Norris AJ, Vlashi E, Phillips TM, Lagadec C, Della Donna L, Ratikan J, Szelag H, Hlatky L, McBride WH. Ionizing radiation activates the Nrf2 antioxidant response. Cancer Res. 2010 Nov 01; 70(21):8886-95.

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Chang E, Forsberg EC, Wu J, Prohaska SS, Allsopp R, Weissman IL, Cooke JP. Cholinergic activation of hematopoietic stem cells: role in tobacco-related disease? Vasc Med. 2010 Oct; 15(5):375-85.

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Kim K, Pollard JM, Norris AJ, McDonald JT, Sun Y, Micewicz E, Pettijohn K, Damoiseaux R, Iwamoto KS, Sayre JW, Price BD, Gatti RA, McBride WH. High-throughput screening identifies two classes of antibiotics as radioprotectors: tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Dec 01; 15(23):7238-45.

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Rubin P, Brasacchio R, Katz A. Solitary metastases: illusion versus reality. Semin Radiat Oncol. 2006 Apr; 16(2):120-30.

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Carey Sampson M, Katz A, Constine LS. Stereotactic body radiation therapy for extracranial oligometastases: does the sword have a double edge? Semin Radiat Oncol. 2006 Apr; 16(2):67-76.

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