Bacterial cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing) relies upon the interaction of a small
diffusible signal molecule with a sensor or transcriptional activator to couple gene expression …

Background. National clinical guidelines on the surgical management of groin hernia have
been published by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. There is also a need for …

When analysis of results of radiotherapy for nearly 500 patients with oropharyngeal cancer
showed evidence for rapid tumor regrowth during extensions of treatment from about 5 weeks …

Clinical and experimental evidence for divergent changes in early and late radiation responses
in normal tissues after changes in dose fractionation indicate a greater sensitivity of late …

A microcolony technique for assaying the survival of small proportions of the clonogenic cells
of the mucosa of the small intestine of mice is described. The radiosensitivity of intestinal …

Purpose Combined modality treatment is indicated for most advanced stage head and neck
cancers. It is postulated that the efficacy of combined modality regimens could be enhanced …

Hypotheses regarding tissue organization and radiation response were described and, on
the basis of simple modeling, tentative conclusions were drawn regarding the influence on “…

Publisher Summary Radiotherapy given as multiple doses are effective in sterilizing cancers,
but the processes whereby the neoplasm is eradicated and the normal tissues are …

Purpose : To investigate the in vivo acute phase molecular response of the brain to ionizing
radiation. Methods and Materials : C3Hf/Sed/Kam mice were given midrain or whole-body …

Conventional is commonly not universally correct, and so with dose fractionation in radiotherapy.
Fractionation spares slowly responding tissues more than tissues and tumors that show …