ArticleDose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society2012
Potential treatment of inflammatory and proliferative diseases by ultra-low doses of ionizing radiations.
Article in Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Incidence of and Risk Factors for Mastoiditis after Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.PloS one · 2015Article
- Commentary: ethical issues of current health-protection policies on low-dose ionizing radiation.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society · 2014Article
- Donor-specific cell-based assays in studying sensitivity to low-dose radiation: a population-based perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2014Review
- Special issue introduction.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society · 2012Article
- Small γ-Ray Doses Prevent Rather than Increase Lung Tumors in Mice.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society · 2012Article
- Low-dose gamma-radiation inhibits benzo[a]pyrene-induced lung adenoma development in a/j mice.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society · 2012Article
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Abstract
Ultra-low doses and dose- rates of ionizing radiation are effective in preventing disease which suggests that they also may be effective in treating disease. Limited experimental and anecdotal evidence indicates that low radiation doses from radon in mines and spas, thorium-bearing monazite sands and enhanced radioactive uranium ore obtained from a natural geological reactor may be useful in treating many inflammatory conditions and proliferative disorders, including cancer. Optimal therapeutic applications were identified via a literature survey as dose-rates ranging from 7 to 11μGy/hr or 28 to 44 times world average background rates. Rocks from an abandoned uranium mine in Utah were considered for therapeutic application and were examined by γ-ray and laser-induced breakdown fluorescence spectroscopy. The rocks showed the presence of transuranics and fission products with a γ-ray energy profile similar to aged spent uranium nuclear fuel (93% dose due to β particles and 7% due to γ rays). Mud packs of pulverized uranium ore rock dust in sealed plastic bags delivering bag surface β,γ dose-rates of 10-450 μGy/h were used with apparent success to treat several inflammatory and proliferative conditions in humans.
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