Absence of correlation between radiation-induced CD8 T-lymphocyte apoptosis and sequelae in patients with prostate cancer accidentally overexposed to radiation.

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Date publication

août 2018

Journal

Oncotarget

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr HARLE Alexandre, Pr MERLIN Jean-Louis, Pr PEIFFERT Didier


Tous les auteurs :
Vogin G, Merlin JL, Rousseau A, Peiffert D, Harlé A, Husson M, Hajj LE, Levitchi M, Simon T, Simon JM

Résumé

454 patients with prostate adenocarcinoma were accidentally overexposed to radiation in Epinal hospital, France, between August 1999 and January 2007. We aimed toevaluate whether radiation-induced CD4 or CD8 T-lymphocyte apoptosis (RILA) correlates with the severity of radiation toxicity.

Mots clés

Epinal adverse event, individual radiation sensitivity, late radiation-induced toxicity, prostate cancer, radiation-induced lymphocyte apoptosis

Référence

Oncotarget. 2018 Aug 24;9(66):32680-32689