Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 110-116 , January 2010

Radiocontrast media affect radiation-induced DNA damage repair in vitro and in vivo by affecting Akt signalling

  • Mahmoud Toulany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Rainer Kehlbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    • ,
  • H. Peter Rodemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Addresses: Division of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen, Roentgenweg 11, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany (H.Peter Rodemann); Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, P.O. Box 14115-111, Iran (H. Mozdarani).
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  • Hossein Mozdarani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Addresses: Division of Radiobiology and Molecular Environmental Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen, Roentgenweg 11, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany (H.Peter Rodemann); Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, P.O. Box 14115-111, Iran (H. Mozdarani).

Received 4 June 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 16 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.11.006

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 110-116 , January 2010

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