Dose assessment by quantification of chromosome aberrations and micronuclei in peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients exposed to gamma radiation
Genet. mol. biol
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28(3): 452-457, July-Sept. 2005. tab
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RESUMO
Scoring of unstable chromosome aberrations (dicentrics, rings and fragments) and micronuclei in circulating lymphocytes are the most extensively studied biological means for estimating individual exposure to ionizing radiation (IR), which can be used as complementary methods to physical dosimetry or when the latter cannot be performed. In this work, the quantification of the frequencies of chromosome aberrations and micronuclei were carried out based on cytogenetic analyses of peripheral blood samples from 5 patients with cervical uterine cancer following radiotherapy in order to evaluate the absorbed dose as a result of partial-body exposure to 60Co source. Blood samples were collected from each patient in three phases of the treatment before irradiation, 24 h after receiving 0.08 Gy and 1.8 Gy, respectively. The results presented in this report emphasize biological dosimetry, employing the quantification of chromosome aberrations and micronuclei in lymphocytes from peripheral blood, as an important methodology of dose assessment for either whole or partial-body exposure to IR.
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Main subject:
Chromosome Aberrations
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Gamma Rays
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Genet. mol. biol
Journal subject:
Genetics
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundacao de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Pernambuco/BR
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Hospital do Câncer/BR
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco/BR
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