Normal tissue reactions to radiotherapy: Towards tailoring treatment dose by genotype

Gillian C. Barnett, Catherine M L West, Alison M. Dunning, Rebecca M. Elliott, Charlotte E. Coles, Paul D P Pharoah, Neil G. Burnet

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    Abstract

    A key challenge in radiotherapy is to maximize radiation doses to cancer cells while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. As severe toxicity in a minority of patients limits the doses that can be safely given to the majority, there is interest in developing a test to measure an individual's radiosensitivity before treatment. Variation in sensitivity to radiation is an inherited genetic trait and recent progress in genotyping raises the possibility of genome-wide studies to characterize genetic profiles that predict patient response to radiotherapy. © 2009 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)134-142
    Number of pages8
    JournalNature Reviews Cancer
    Volume9
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2009

    Keywords

    • radiation effects: Cell Survival
    • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
    • Genotype
    • Humans
    • genetics: Neoplasms
    • Radiation Tolerance
    • adverse effects: Radiotherapy

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