Health Physics Society Journal
March 2011, Volume 100, Number 3
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On the cover: Victor P. Bond – See Guest Editorial by Musolino (p. 243) for more information. |
CONTENTS
SPECIAL ISSUE:
Proceedings of the Conference on Biological Consequences and Health Risks of Low-Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: In Honor of Victor P. Bond, Richland, Washington, 3-5 May 2010
EDITORIAL
The Enduring Legacy of Victor P. Bond — Stephen V. Musolino
INTRODUCTION — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
PAPER
Biological Consequences and Health Risks of Low-Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Commentary on the Workshop — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
SESSION SUMMARIES AND ABSTRACTS
Senssion 1 Summary: Quantification of Low-Level Exposure and Primary Effects of Particle Tracks — Ludwig Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
Quantification of Low-Level Exposure — L.A. Braby
Is a Dose Dose-Rate Effectiveness Factor (DDREF) Needed Following Exposure to Low Total Radiation Doses Delivered at Low Dose-Rates? — Antone L. Brooks
Exploring Biological Effects of Low Level Radiation from the Other Side of Background — Geoffrey Battle Smith, Yair Grof, Adrianne Navarrette, and Raymond A. Guilmette
Biological Consequences and Health Concerns from Low-Dose and Low-Dose-Rate Radiation in Mice and Humans — Taisei Nomura
SESSION 2: INTEGRATING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EFFECTS USING SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Session Summary 2a: Biological System Components — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Session Summary 2b: Responses in the System to Primary Effects — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Session Summary 2c: Secondary Reponses in the System—Non-Targeted Effects — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
What Is the Use of Systems Biology Approaches in Radiation Biology? — Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff
Systems-Related Facts and Consequences in Assessing Risk from Low-Level Irradiation — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Ronald D. Neumann, and Myron Pollycove
Responses to Primary Effects: From Initial Events to Cellular Radiobiological Effects — Dietrich Averbeck
Interaction of Low Dose Radiation and Other Factors — Y. Shimada, M. Nishimura, Y. Amasaki, Y. Shang, K. Yamauchi, T. Sawai, S. Hirano, T. Imaoka, Y. Yamada, T. Takabatake, and S. Kakinuma
Radiation-Induced Genomic Instability — William F. Morgan
Individual Susceptibility to Radiosensitivity and to Genomic Instability: Its Impact on Low-Dose Phenomena — Adeline Granzotto, Clément Devic, Muriel Viau, Mira Maalouf, Aurélie Joubert, Catherine Massart, Charles Thomas, and Nicolas Foray
Stimulation of the Natural Anti-Tumor Cells by Single and Fractionated Irradiations of Mice with Low Doses of X-Rays — Ewa M. Nowosielska, Aneta Cheda, Jolanta Wrembel-Wargocka, and Marek K. Janiak
Health Effects from Low Dose Occupational and Medical Radiation Exposure and the Role of Adaptive Response — Nghi Phan and Douglas R. Boreham
SESSION 3: SPONTANEOUS AND RADIOGENIC EFFECTS: RISK AND PROGRESSION
The Impact of Adaptive and Non-Targeted Effects in the Biological Responses to Low Dose/Low Fluence Ionizing Radiation: The Modulating Effect of Linear Energy Transfer — Ludwig Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Session Summary 3b: Propagation of Effects and Low Dose Impact — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
The Impact of Adaptive and Non-Targeted Effects in the Biological Responses to Low Dose/Low Fluence Ionizing Radiation: The Modulating Effect of Linear Energy Transfer — Sonia M. De Toledo, Manuela Buonanno, Min Li, Nesrin Asaad, Yong Qin, Geraldine Gonon, Grace Shim, Mariann Galdass, Yaa Boateng, Jie Zhang, and Edouard I. Azzam
Oxidative Stress-Induced Tumorigenesis in the Small Intestines of DNA Repair-Deficient Mice — Teruhisa Tsuzuki, Jing Shu Piao, Takuro Isoda, Kunihiko Sakumi, Yusaku Nakabeppu, and Yoshimichi Nakatsu
Metabolic Oxidative Stress and Low Dose Radiation Responses: Are Mitochondria Involved? — Douglas R. Spitz
A New Method of Assessing the Dose-Carcinogenic Effect Relationship in Patients Exposed to Ionizing Radiation: A Concise Presentation of Preliminary Data — Maurice Tubiana, Ibrahima Diallo, Sean Chavaudra, Dimitri Lefkopoulos, Jean Bourhis, Théodore Girinsky, André Brider, Mike Hawkins, Nadia Haddy, Chiraz El-Fayech, Elisabeth Adjadj, Enora Clero, and Florent de Vathaire
Neoplastic Transformation In Vitro: Is It a Valid Assay or Not for Assessing the Shape of the Dose-Response Curve for Radiation-Induced Cancer In Vivo? — J. Leslie Redpath
Radiation-Induced Non-Targeted Effects of Low Doses—What, Why and How? — Carmel Mothersill and Colin Seymour
SESSION 4: EPIDEMIOLOGY ON RADIATION-INDUCED CANCER
Session 4 Summary: Epidemiology of Radiation-Induced Cancer — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
Dose Rate Dependence of Radiation Cancer Risk as Measured by Non-Tumor Dose — Hiroshi Tanooka
Implications of Radiation Epidemiologic Data for Risk Assessment and Radiation Protection — Roy E. Shore
Non-Radiation Causes of Carcinogenesis in the Atomic Bomb Survivors — Joseph M. Kaminski
SESSION 5: IMPLICATIONS ON PERCEPTION, MEDICINE, AND PROTECTION
Session 5 Summary: Implications on Perception, Medicine, and Protection — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
Recommendations for Assessment of Consequences and Health Risks of Low-Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation — Nicholas Dainiak
Patient Exposures and Consequent Risks from Nuclear Medicine Procedures — Roger W. Howell
Defending the Use of Medical Imaging — Cynthia H. McCullough
Low-Dose Radiotherapy of Disease — Myron Pollycove and Ludwig E. Feinendegen
Computed Tomography—Patient Dose and Dose Reduction Technologies — Stefan Ulzheimer, Heidrun Endt, and Thomas Flohr
Concepts to Reduce X-Ray Radiation in Interventional Radiology — Markus Lendl
SESSION 6: MODELING OF DOSE-RISK FUNCTIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Session 6 Summary: Modeling of Dose-Risk Functions — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
Abstracts
Science-Informed, Justified, and Optimized Radiation Safety Policies — Lawrence T. Dauer
Incorporating Information about Low-Level Exposure to Ionizing Radiation into Regulatory and Policy Decision-Making—Challenges and Opportunities — Paul A. Locke
Low-Dose-Radiation Activated Natural Protection and LNT — Bobby R. Scott
Hormetic Effects on Human Cancer Mortality Are Inducible Only after Long-Term Irradiation at Low Dose Rates — Sohei Kondo
SESSION 7: FINAL DISCUSSIONS, SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS
Session 7 Summary: Final Discussions, Summary, and Recommendations — Ludwig E. Feinendegen, Antone L. Brooks, and William F. Morgan
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