Published April 1998 | Version v1
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Is it possible to know if a neoplasm is inducted by radioactivity? Lesions of chromosomes and DNA give a bunch of signs

Creators

  • 1. CEA Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Direction des Sciences du Vivant
  • 2. Institut Curie, UMR 147, 75 - Paris (France)

Description

The analysis of chromosomes perturbations and the noticed mutations should allow to establish a presumption of radioinduction, if it is not possible to incriminate or exculpate the effect of radioactivity. (N.C.)

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Peut-on savoir si un cancer est du a la radioactivite? les lesions des chromosomes et de l'ADN fournissent un faisceau d'indices

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Recherche (Paris)
Journal Issue
no.308
Journal Page Range
p. 68
ISSN
0029-5671
CODEN
RCCHBV

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
31007800
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARCINOMAS; CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS; DNA; LET; LEUKEMIA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOINDUCTION; RADON 222; STRAND BREAKS; TRANSCRIPTION
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGY; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISEASES; DNA DAMAGES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GENES; HEAVY NUCLEI; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; ISOTOPES; LEUKEMIA; MUTATIONS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES