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ArticleBiomedicines2020

The "Polonium In Vivo" Study: Polonium-210 in Bronchial Lavages of Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer.

Vincenzo Zagà, Maria Sofia Cattaruzza, Paola Martucci, Roberta Pacifici, Rocco Trisolini, Paolo Bartolomei, Raffaela Giacobbe, Marco Patelli, Daniela Paioli, Massimo Esposito and 3 more

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Article in Biomedicines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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0 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Vincenzo ZagàItalian Society of Tobaccology SITAB, 40137 Bologna, Italy.
Maria Sofia CattaruzzaDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, La Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7489-3564
Paola MartucciBronchial Endoscopy Unit and Interventional Diagnostics-Centre for Tobacco Treatment, AORN A. Cardarelli, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Roberta PacificiNational Observatory on Smoking, Alcohol and Drugs of the National Institute of Health, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Rocco TrisoliniInterventional Pulmonology Unit, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Paolo BartolomeiENEA, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
Raffaela GiacobbeBronchial Endoscopy Unit and Interventional Diagnostics-Centre for Tobacco Treatment, AORN A. Cardarelli, 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Marco PatelliBronchology Unit, Ospedale Maggiore, 40133 Bologna, Italy.
Daniela PaioliInterventional Pulmonology Unit, Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy.
Massimo EspositoU-Series Srl, 40128 Bologna, Italy.
Valeria FabbriU-Series Srl, 40128 Bologna, Italy.
Silvano GallusDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe GoriniOncologic Network, Prevention and Research Institute (ISPRO), 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1413-5948
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITItalian Society of Physiotherapy · ITMario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITNational Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few studies have reported on polonium-210, a decay breakdown product of radon-222 and lead-210, in human lungs and there has been no study in patients with suspected lung cancer. The main aim of this "Polonium in vivo" study was to evaluate polonium-210 radioactivity in bronchopulmonary systems of smoker, ex-smoker and never smoker patients with suspected lung cancer. Alpha-spectrometric analyses were performed on bronchial lavage (BL) fluids from two Italian hospitals in 2013-2016. Socio-demographic, smoking, occupational and spirometric characteristics, lung cancer confirmation and histologic type and radon-222 concentration in patients' homes were collected. Seventy BL samples from never (

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bronchial lavagelung cancerpolonium-210radonsmoking status

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