Hamada Nobuyuki
Biology and Environmental Chemistry Division, Sustainable System Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), Chiba 270-1194, Japan.
Cancers (Basel). 2024 Mar 13;16(6):1141. doi: 10.3390/cancers16061141.
On the one hand, ionizing radiation has been used to treat not only cancer, but also non-cancer diseases. On the other hand, associations with radiation exposure have increasingly been reported not only for cancer, but also non-cancer diseases, both at doses or dose rates much lower than previously suggested or considered. This underscores the need for considering both cancer and non-cancer effects of medical (diagnostic or therapeutic), occupational or environmental exposure to radiation. As such, this Special Issue aims to serve as a forum to gather the latest developments and discuss future prospects in the field of normal tissue responses to radiation exposure. The Special Issue is composed of 18 articles outlining the radiation effects arising in various tissues (e.g., those in the circulatory, sensory, nervous, respiratory, and reproductive systems).
一方面，电离辐射不仅被用于治疗癌症，还被用于治疗非癌症疾病。另一方面，越来越多的报道表明，不仅在癌症方面，而且在非癌症疾病方面，与辐射暴露的关联都出现在远低于先前建议或认为的剂量或剂量率水平。这凸显了考虑医疗（诊断或治疗）、职业或环境辐射暴露对癌症和非癌症影响的必要性。因此，本期特刊旨在作为一个论坛，汇集该领域的最新进展，并讨论正常组织对辐射暴露反应的未来前景。本期特刊由18篇文章组成，概述了各种组织（如循环、感觉、神经、呼吸和生殖系统中的组织）中产生的辐射效应。
