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6. Comparison of Established and Emerging Biodosimetry Assays

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Rothkamm, K., Beinke, C., Romm, H., Badie, C., Balagurunathan, Y., Barnard, S., Bernard, N., Boulay-Greene, H., Brengues, M., De Amicis, A., De Sanctis, S., Greither, R., Herodin, F., Jones, A., Kabacik, S., Knie, T., Kulka, U., Lista, F., Martigne, P., Missel, A., Moquet, J., Oestreicher, U., Peinnequin, A., Poyot, T., Roessler, U., Scherthan, H., Terbrueggen, B., Thierens, H., Valente, M., Vral, A., Zenhausern, F., Meineke, V., Braselmann, H., and Abendb, M.

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2013
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11. The 4th international comparison on EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel: Part 1: Report on the results

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Fattibene, P., Wieser, A., Adolfsson, E., Benevides, L.A., Brai, M., Callens, F., Chumak, V., Ciesielski, B., Della Monaca, S., Emerich, K., Gustafsson, H., Hirai, Y., Hoshi, M., Israelsson, A., Ivannikov, A., Ivanov, D., Kaminska, J., Ke, Wu, Lund, E., Marrale, M., Martens, L., Miyazawa, C., Nakamura, N., Panzer, W., Pivovarov, S., Reyes, R.A., Rodzi, M., Romanyukha, A.A., Rukhin, A., Sholom, S., Skvortsov, V., Stepanenko, V., Tarpan, M.A., Thierens, H., Toyoda, S., Trompier, F., Verdi, E., and Zhumadilov, K.

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2011
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22. Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry (vol 9, 4616, 2018)

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Matejcic, M, Saunders, EJ, Dadaev, T, Brook, MN, Wang, K, Sheng, X, Al Olama, AA, Schumacher, FR, Ingles, SA, Govindasami, K, Benlloch, S, Berndt, SI, Albanes, D, Koutros, S, Muir, K, Stevens, VL, Gapstur, SM, Tangen, CM, Batra, J, Clements, J, Gronberg, H, Pashayan, N, Schleutker, J, Wolk, A, West, C, Mucci, L, Kraft, P, Cancel-Tassin, G, Sorensen, KD, Maehle, L, Grindedal, EM, Strom, SS, Neal, DE, Hamdy, FC, Donovan, JL, Travis, RC, Hamilton, RJ, Rosenstein, B, Lu, Y-J, Giles, GG, Kibel, AS, Vega, A, Bensen, JT, Kogevinas, M, Penney, KL, Park, JY, Stanford, JL, Cybulski, C, Nordestgaard, BG, Brenner, H, Maier, C, Kim, J, Teixeira, MR, Neuhausen, SL, De Ruyck, K, Razack, A, Newcomb, LF, Lessel, D, Kaneva, R, Usmani, N, Claessens, F, Townsend, PA, Gago-Dominguez, M, Roobol, MJ, Menegaux, F, Khaw, K-T, Cannon-Albright, LA, Pandha, H, Thibodeau, SN, Schaid, DJ, Wiklund, F, Chanock, SJ, Easton, DF, Eeles, RA, Kote-Jarai, Z, Conti, DV, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Stern, MC, Thwaites, A, Guy, M, Whitmore, I, Morgan, A, Fisher, C, Hazel, S, Livni, N, Cook, M, Fachal, L, Weinstein, S, Freeman, LEB, Hoover, RN, Machiela, MJ, Lophatananon, A, Carter, BD, Goodman, P, Moya, L, Srinivasan, S, Kedda, M-A, Yeadon, T, Eckert, A, Eklund, M, Cavalli-Bjoerkman, C, Dunning, AM, Sipeky, C, Hakansson, N, Elliott, R, Ranu, H, Giovannucci, E, Turman, C, Hunter, DJ, Cussenot, O, Orntoft, TF, Lane, A, Lewis, SJ, Davis, M, Key, TJ, Brown, P, Kulkarni, GS, Zlotta, AR, Fleshner, NE, Finelli, A, Mao, X, Marzec, J, MacInnis, RJ, Milne, R, Hopper, JL, Aguado, M, Bustamante, M, Castano-Vinyals, G, Gracia-Lavedan, E, Cecchini, L, Stampfer, M, Ma, J, Sellers, TA, Geybels, MS, Park, H, Zachariah, B, Kolb, S, Wokolorczyk, D, Lubinski, J, Kluzniak, W, Nielsen, SF, Weisher, M, Cuk, K, Vogel, W, Luedeke, M, Logothetis, CJ, Paulo, P, Cardoso, M, Maia, S, Silva, MP, Steele, L, Ding, YC, De Meerleer, G, De Langhe, S, Thierens, H, Lim, J, Tan, MH, Ong, AT, Lin, DW, Kachakova, D, Mitkova, A, Mitev, V, Parliament, M, Jenster, G, Bangma, C, Schroder, FH, Truong, T, Koudou, YA, Michael, A, Kierzek, A, Karlsson, A, Broms, M, Wu, H, Aukim-Hastie, C, Tillmans, L, Riska, S, McDonnell, SK, Dearnaley, D, Spurdle, A, Gardiner, R, Hayes, V, Butler, L, Taylor, R, Papargiris, M, Saunders, P, Kujala, P, Talala, K, Taari, K, Bentzen, S, Hicks, B, Vogt, A, Hutchinson, A, Cox, A, George, A, Toi, A, Evans, A, Van der Kwast, TH, Imai, T, Saito, S, Zhao, S-C, Ren, G, Zhang, Y, Yu, Y, Wu, Y, Wu, J, Zhou, B, Pedersen, J, Lobato-Busto, R, Manuel Ruiz-Dominguez, J, Mengual, L, Alcaraz, A, Pow-Sang, J, Herkommer, K, Vlahova, A, Dikov, T, Christova, S, Carracedo, A, Tretarre, B, Rebillard, X, Mulot, C, Adolfsson, J, Stattin, P, Johansson, J-E, Martin, RM, Thompson, IM, Chambers, S, Aitken, J, Horvath, L, Haynes, A-M, Tilley, W, Risbridger, G, Aly, M, Nordstrom, T, Pharoah, P, Tammela, TLJ, Murtola, T, Auvinen, A, Burnet, N, Barnett, G, Andriole, G, Klim, A, Drake, BF, Borre, M, Kerns, S, Ostrer, H, Zhang, H-W, Cao, G, Lin, J, Ling, J, Li, M, Feng, N, Li, J, He, W, Guo, X, Sun, Z, Wang, G, Guo, J, Southey, MC, FitzGerald, LM, Marsden, G, Gomez-Caamano, A, Carballo, A, Peleteiro, P, Calvo, P, Szulkin, R, Llorca, J, Dierssen-Sotos, T, Gomez-Acebo, I, Lin, H-Y, Ostrander, EA, Bisbjerg, R, Klarskov, P, Roder, MA, Iversen, P, Holleczek, B, Stegmaier, C, Schnoeller, T, Bohnert, P, John, EM, Ost, P, Teo, S-H, Gamulin, M, Kulis, T, Kastelan, Z, Slavov, C, Popov, E, Van den Broeck, T, Joniau, S, Larkin, S, Esteban Castelao, J, Martinez, ME, Van Schaik, RHN, Xu, J, Lindstrom, S, Riboli, E, Berry, C, Siddiq, A, Canzian, F, Kolonel, LN, Le Marchand, L, Freedman, M, Cenee, S, Sanchez, M, and Commission of the European Communities

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Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology, MD Multidisciplinary, Science & Technology - Other Topics, PRACTICAL Consortium
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Correction to: Nature Communications; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06863-1, published online 5 November 2018.

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2019

24. Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry.

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Carter B.D., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Wang G., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Dominguez M.G., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Jan Lubinski, Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Jan Adolfsson, Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Carter B.D., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Wang G., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Dominguez M.G., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Jan Lubinski, Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Jan Adolfsson, Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., and Borre M.

Abstract

Chromosome 8q24 is a susceptibility locus for multiple cancers, including prostate cancer. Here we combine genetic data across the 8q24 susceptibility region from 71,535 prostate cancer cases and 52,935 controls of European ancestry to define the overall contribution of germline variation at 8q24 to prostate cancer risk. We identify 12 independent risk signals for prostate cancer (p < 4.28 x 10-15), including three risk variants that have yet to be reported. From a polygenic risk score (PRS) model, derived to assess the cumulative effect of risk variants at 8q24, men in the top 1% of the PRS have a 4-fold (95%CI = 3.62-4.40) greater risk compared to the population average. These 12 variants account for ~25% of what can be currently explained of the familial risk of prostate cancer by known genetic risk factors. These findings highlight the overwhelming contribution of germline variation at 8q24 on prostate cancer risk which has implications for population risk stratification.Copyright © 2018, The Author(s).

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2019

25. Erratum to: Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry (Nature Communications, (2018), 9, 1, (4616), 10.1038/s41467-018-06863-1).

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Wang G., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Gago-Dominguez M., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Carter B.D., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Wang G., Lessel D., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Kastelan Z., Slavov C., Popov E., Van den Broeck T., Joniau S., Larkin S., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., van Schaik R.H.N., Xu J., Lindstrom S., Riboli E., Berry C., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Freedman M., Cenee S., Sanchez M., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Easton D.F., Eeles R.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Conti D.V., Haiman C.A., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Matejcic M., Saunders E.J., Dadaev T., Brook M.N., Wang K., Sheng X., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Ingles S.A., Govindasami K., Benlloch S., Berndt S.I., Albanes D., Koutros S., Muir K., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Tangen C.M., Batra J., Clements J., Gronberg H., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Wolk A., West C., Mucci L., Kraft P., Cancel-Tassin G., Sorensen K.D., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Strom S.S., Neal D.E., Hamdy F.C., Donovan J.L., Travis R.C., Hamilton R.J., Rosenstein B., Lu Y.-J., Giles G.G., Kibel A.S., Vega A., Bensen J.T., Kogevinas M., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Nordestgaard B.G., Brenner H., Maier C., Kim J., Teixeira M.R., Neuhausen S.L., De Ruyck K., Razack A., Newcomb L.F., Claessens F., Townsend P.A., Gago-Dominguez M., Roobol M.J., Menegaux F., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L.A., Pandha H., Thibodeau S.N., Schaid D.J., Henderson B.E., Stern M.C., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Cook M., Fachal L., Weinstein S., Beane Freeman L.E., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Lophatananon A., Carter B.D., Goodman P., Moya L., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Eklund M., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Dunning A.M., Sipeky C., Hakansson N., Elliott R., Ranu H., Giovannucci E., Turman C., Hunter D.J., Cussenot O., Orntoft T.F., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Davis M., Key T.J., Brown P., Kulkarni G.S., Zlotta A.R., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Mao X., Marzec J., MacInnis R.J., Milne R., Hopper J.L., Aguado M., Bustamante M., Castano-Vinyals G., Gracia-Lavedan E., Cecchini L., Stampfer M., Ma J., Sellers T.A., Geybels M.S., Park H., Zachariah B., Kolb S., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Kluzniak W., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Cuk K., Vogel W., Luedeke M., Logothetis C.J., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Maia S., Silva M.P., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Meerleer G., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Lim J., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Lin D.W., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Mitev V., Parliament M., Jenster G., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Michael A., Kierzek A., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Aukim-Hastie C., Tillmans L., Riska S., McDonnell S.K., Dearnaley D., Spurdle A., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Saunders P., Kujala P., Talala K., Taari K., Bentzen S., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., George A., Toi A., Evans A., van der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Zhang Y., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Pedersen J., Lobato-Busto R., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Pow-Sang J., Herkommer K., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Martin R.M., Thompson I.M., Chambers S., Aitken J., Horvath L., Haynes A.-M., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Tammela T.L.J., Murtola T., Auvinen A., Burnet N., Barnett G., Andriole G., Klim A., Drake B.F., Borre M., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Zhang H.-W., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Feng N., Li J., He W., Guo X., Sun Z., Guo J., Southey M.C., FitzGerald L.M., Marsden G., Gomez-Caamano A., Carballo A., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Szulkin R., Llorca J., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Lin H.-Y., Ostrander E.A., Bisbjerg R., Klarskov P., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Holleczek B., Stegmaier C., Schnoeller T., Bohnert P., John E.M., Ost P., Teo S.-H., Gamulin M., and Kulis T.

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The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Manuela Gago-Dominguez, which was incorrectly given as Manuela G. Dominguez. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.Copyright © 2019, The Author(s).

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2019

39. J.P. Van Haelst

Author

Van de Wiele, C., Philippé, J., Damme, J. Van, Thierens, H., Leroux-Roels, G. E., and Dierckx, R. A.

Published
1997

40. Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants.

Author

Stampfer M., Ranu H., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., Davis M., Brown P., George A., Marsden G., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Berry C., Kulkarni G.S., Toi A., Evans A., Zlotta A.R., Van Der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Marzec J., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Zhang Y., Li J., He W., Guo J., Pedersen J., Hopper J.L., Milne R., Klim A., Carballo A., Lobato-Busto R., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Aguado M., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Cecchini L., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Bustamante M., Gracia-Lavedan E., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Pow-Sang J., Park H., Zachariah B., Kluzniak W., Kolb S., Klarskov P., Stegmaier C., Vogel W., Herkommer K., Bohnert P., Maia S., Silva M.P., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Kastelan Z., Popov E., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Cenee S., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Sanchez M., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Tillmans L., Riska S., Freedman M., Wiklund F., Chanock S., Henderson B.E., Easton D.F., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Conti D.V., Kote-Jarai Z., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Dadaev T., Saunders E.J., Newcombe P.J., Anokian E., Leongamornlert D.A., Brook M.N., Cieza-Borrella C., Mijuskovic M., Wakerell S., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Goh C., Sheng X., Zhang Z., Muir K., Govindasami K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L., Giovannucci E., Andriole G., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Freeman L.E.B., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Fachal L., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Singhal S., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Kierzek A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Kraft P., Cook M., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Spurdle A., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Aitken J., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Saunders P., Haynes A.-M., Kujala P., Talala K., Murtola T., Taari K., Dearnaley D., Barnett G., Bentzen So., Elliott R., Stampfer M., Ranu H., Hicks B., Vogt A., Cox A., Davis M., Brown P., George A., Marsden G., Lane A., Lewis S.J., Berry C., Kulkarni G.S., Toi A., Evans A., Zlotta A.R., Van Der Kwast T.H., Imai T., Saito S., Marzec J., Cao G., Lin J., Li M., Zhao S.-C., Ren G., Yu Y., Wu Y., Wu J., Zhou B., Zhang Y., Li J., He W., Guo J., Pedersen J., Hopper J.L., Milne R., Klim A., Carballo A., Lobato-Busto R., Peleteiro P., Calvo P., Aguado M., Ruiz-Dominguez J.M., Cecchini L., Mengual L., Alcaraz A., Bustamante M., Gracia-Lavedan E., Dierssen-Sotos T., Gomez-Acebo I., Pow-Sang J., Park H., Zachariah B., Kluzniak W., Kolb S., Klarskov P., Stegmaier C., Vogel W., Herkommer K., Bohnert P., Maia S., Silva M.P., De Langhe S., Thierens H., Tan M.H., Ong A.T., Kastelan Z., Popov E., Kachakova D., Mitkova A., Vlahova A., Dikov T., Christova S., Carracedo A., Bangma C., Schroder F.H., Cenee S., Tretarre B., Rebillard X., Mulot C., Sanchez M., Adolfsson J., Stattin P., Johansson J.-E., Cavalli-Bjoerkman C., Karlsson A., Broms M., Wu H., Tillmans L., Riska S., Freedman M., Wiklund F., Chanock S., Henderson B.E., Easton D.F., Haiman C.A., Eeles R.A., Conti D.V., Kote-Jarai Z., Hutchinson A., Ling J., Papargiris M., Dadaev T., Saunders E.J., Newcombe P.J., Anokian E., Leongamornlert D.A., Brook M.N., Cieza-Borrella C., Mijuskovic M., Wakerell S., Olama A.A.A., Schumacher F.R., Berndt S.I., Benlloch S., Ahmed M., Goh C., Sheng X., Zhang Z., Muir K., Govindasami K., Lophatananon A., Stevens V.L., Gapstur S.M., Carter B.D., Tangen C.M., Goodman P., Thompson I.M., Batra J., Chambers S., Moya L., Clements J., Horvath L., Tilley W., Risbridger G., Gronberg H., Aly M., Nordstrom T., Pharoah P., Pashayan N., Schleutker J., Tammela T.L.J., Sipeky C., Auvinen A., Albanes D., Weinstein S., Wolk A., Hakansson N., West C., Dunning A.M., Burnet N., Mucci L., Giovannucci E., Andriole G., Cussenot O., Cancel-Tassin G., Koutros S., Freeman L.E.B., Sorensen K.D., Orntoft T.F., Borre M., Maehle L., Grindedal E.M., Neal D.E., Donovan J.L., Hamdy F.C., Martin R.M., Travis R.C., Key T.J., Hamilton R.J., Fleshner N.E., Finelli A., Ingles S.A., Stern M.C., Rosenstein B., Kerns S., Ostrer H., Lu Y.-J., Zhang H.-W., Feng N., Mao X., Guo X., Wang G., Sun Z., Giles G.G., Southey M.C., MacInnis R.J., Fitzgerald L.M., Kibel A.S., Drake B.F., Vega A., Gomez-Caamano A., Fachal L., Szulkin R., Eklund M., Kogevinas M., Llorca J., Castano-Vinyals G., Penney K.L., Park J.Y., Sellers T.A., Lin H.-Y., Stanford J.L., Cybulski C., Wokolorczyk D., Lubinski J., Ostrander E.A., Geybels M.S., Nordestgaard Bo.G., Nielsen S.F., Weisher M., Bisbjerg R., Roder M.A., Iversen P., Brenner H., Cuk K., Holleczek B., Maier C., Luedeke M., Schnoeller T., Kim J., Logothetis C.J., John E.M., Teixeira M.R., Paulo P., Cardoso M., Neuhausen S.L., Steele L., Ding Y.C., De Ruyck K., De Meerleer G., Ost P., Razack A., Lim J., Teo S.-H., Lin D.W., Newcomb L.F., Lessel D., Gamulin M., Kulis T., Kaneva R., Usmani N., Slavov C., Mitev V., Parliament M., Singhal S., Claessens F., Joniau S., Van Den Broeck T., Larkin S., Townsend P.A., Aukim-Hastie C., Gago-Dominguez M., Castelao J.E., Martinez M.E., Roobol M.J., Jenster G., Van Schaik R.H.N., Menegaux F., Truong T., Koudou Y.A., Xu J., Khaw K.-T., Cannon-Albright L., Pandha H., Michael A., Kierzek A., Thibodeau S.N., McDonnell S.K., Schaid D.J., Lindstrom S., Turman C., Ma J., Hunter D.J., Riboli E., Siddiq A., Canzian F., Kolonel L.N., Le Marchand L., Hoover R.N., Machiela M.J., Kraft P., Cook M., Thwaites A., Guy M., Whitmore I., Morgan A., Fisher C., Hazel S., Livni N., Spurdle A., Srinivasan S., Kedda M.-A., Aitken J., Gardiner R., Hayes V., Butler L., Taylor R., Yeadon T., Eckert A., Saunders P., Haynes A.-M., Kujala P., Talala K., Murtola T., Taari K., Dearnaley D., Barnett G., Bentzen So., and Elliott R.

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Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis. We observe evidence for multiple independent signals at 12 regions and 99 risk signals overall. Only 15 original GWAS tag SNPs remain among the catalogue of candidate variants identified; the remainder are replaced by more likely candidates. Biological annotation of our credible set of variants indicates significant enrichment within promoter and enhancer elements, and transcription factor-binding sites, including AR, ERG and FOXA1. In 40 regions at least one variant is colocalised with an eQTL in prostate cancer tissue. The refined set of candidate variants substantially increase the proportion of familial relative risk explained by these known susceptibility regions, which highlights the importance of fine-mapping studies and has implications for clinical risk profiling.Copyright © 2018 The Author(s).

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2018

42. RENEB–Running the European Network of biological dosimetry and physical retrospective dosimetry

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Kulka, U., Abend, M., Ainsbury, E., Badie, C., Barquinero, J.F., Barrios, L., Beinke, C., Bortolin, E., Cucu, A., De Amicis, A., Domínguez, I., Fattibene, P., Frøvig, A.M., Gregoire, E., Guogyte, K., Hadjidekova, V., Jaworska, A., Kriehuber, R., Lindholm, C., Lloyd, D., Lumniczky, K., Lyng, F., Meschini, R., Mörtl, S., Della Monaca, S., Monteiro Gil, O., Montoro, A., Moquet, J., Moreno, M., Oestreicher, U., Palitti, F., Pantelias, G., Patrono, C., Piqueret-Stephan, L., Port, M., Prieto, M.J., Quintens, R., Ricoul, M., Romm, H., Roy, L., Sáfrány, G., Sabatier, L., Sebastià, N., Sommer, S., Terzoudi, G., Testa, A., Thierens, H., Turai, I., Trompier, F., Valente, M., Vaz, P., Voisin, P., Vral, A., Woda, C., Zafiropoulos, D., Wojcik, A., Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS), Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne], Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England [London], Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Istituto Superiore di Sanita` (ISS), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority [Helsinki] (STUK), National center for public health [Hungary], Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, University of Tuscia, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HZM), Stockholm University, Seventh Framework Programme, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz - Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe = University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Università degli studi della Tuscia [Viterbo], Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile = Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), and Helmholtz Zentrum München = German Research Center for Environmental Health

Subjects
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
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International audience; Purpose: A European network was initiated in 2012 by 23 partners from 16 European countries with the aim to significantly increase individualized dose reconstruction in case of large-scale radiological emergency scenarios. Results: The network was built on three complementary pillars: (1) an operational basis with seven biological and physical dosimetric assays in ready-to-use mode, (2) a basis for education, training and quality assurance, and (3) a basis for further network development regarding new techniques and members. Techniques for individual dose estimation based on biological samples and/or inert personalized devices as mobile phones or smart phones were optimized to support rapid categorization of many potential victims according to the received dose to the blood or personal devices. Communication and cross-border collaboration were also standardized. To assure long-term sustainability of the network, cooperation with national and international emergency preparedness organizations was initiated and links to radiation protection and research platforms have been developed. A legal framework, based on a Memorandum of Understanding, was established and signed by 27 organizations by the end of 2015. Conclusions: RENEB is a European Network of biological and physical-retrospective dosimetry, with the capacity and capability to perform large-scale rapid individualized dose estimation. Specialized to handle large numbers of samples, RENEB is able to contribute to radiological emergency preparedness and wider large-scale research projects. © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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2017
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43. Investigation of the influence of calibration practices on cytogenetic laboratory performance for dose estimation

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Trompier, F., Baumann, M., Barrios, L., Gregoire, E., Abend, M., Ainsbury, E., Barnard, S., Barquinero, J.F., Bautista, J.A., Brzozowska, B., Perez-Calatayud, J., De Angelis, C., Domínguez, I., Hadjidekova, V., Kulka, U., Mateos, J.C., Meschini, R., Monteiro Gil, O., Moquet, J., Oestreicher, U., Montoro Pastor, A., Quintens, R., Sebastià, N., Sommer, S., Stoyanov, O., Thierens, H., Terzoudi, G., Villaescusa, J.I., Vral, A., Wojcik, A., Zafiropoulos, D., Roy, L., Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne], Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England [London], Istituto Superiore di Sanita` (ISS), Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS), Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), Hospital Universitario La Fe, Stockholm University, and Seventh Framework Programme

Subjects
PROTOCOL, Quality Assurance, Health Care, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], quality assurance, Radiation Dosage, Sensitivity and Specificity, ELECTRON-BEAMS, Radiation Monitoring, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, RADIOBIOLOGY, Reproducibility of Results, Biology and Life Sciences, Radiation Exposure, biological dosimetry, calibration, Alanine dosimetry, HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON, ALANINE DOSIMETRY SYSTEM, IRRADIATION, Europe, KV, Calibration, Cytogenetic Analysis, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Laboratories, inter-laboratory comparison, RADIOTHERAPY
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International audience; Purpose: In the frame of the QA program of RENEB, an inter-laboratory comparison (ILC) of calibration sources used in biological dosimetry was achieved to investigate the influence of calibration practices and protocols on the results of the dose estimation performance as a first step to harmonization and standardization of dosimetry and irradiation practices in the European biological dosimetry network. Materials and methods: Delivered doses by irradiation facilities used by RENEB partners were determined with EPR/alanine dosimetry system. Dosimeters were irradiated in the same conditions as blood samples. A short survey was also performed to collect the information needed for the data analysis and evaluate the diversity of practices. Results: For most of partners the deviation of delivered dose from the targeted dose remains below 10%. Deviations larger than 10% were observed for five facilities out of 21. Origins of the largest discrepancies were identified. Correction actions were evaluated as satisfactory. The re-evaluation of some ILC results for the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and premature chromosome condensation (PCC) assays has been performed leading to an improvement of the overall performances. Conclusions: This work has shown the importance of dosimetry in radiobiology studies and the needs of harmonization, standardization in irradiation and dosimetry practices and educational training for biologists using ionizing radiation. © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

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2017
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46. In vitro cellular radiosensitivity in relationship to late normal tissue reactions in breast cancer patients: a multi-endpoint case-control study

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Vandevoorde C, Depuydt J, Veldeman L, De Neve W, Sebastià N, Wieme G, Baert A, De Langhe S, Philippé J, Thierens H, and Vral A

Subjects
DNA DSB repair, breast cancer, radiosensitivity, micronuclei, Apoptosis, radiotherapy
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Purpose: A minority of patients exhibits severe late normal tissue toxicity after radiotherapy (RT), possibly related to their inherent individual radiation sensitivity. This study aimed to evaluate four different candidate in vitro cellular radiosensitivity assays for prediction of late normal tissue reactions, in a retrospective matched case-control set-up of breast cancer patients. Methods: The study population consists of breast cancer patients expressing severe radiation toxicity (12 cases) and no or minimal reactions (12 controls), with a follow-up for at least 3 years. Late adverse reactions were evaluated by comparing standardized photographs pre-and post-RT resulting in an overall cosmetic score and by clinical examination using the LENT-SOMA scale. Four cellular assays on peripheral blood lymphocytes reported to be associated with normal tissue reactions were performed after in vitro irradiation of patient blood samples to compare case and control radiation responses: radiation-induced CD8+ late apoptosis, residual DNA double-strand breaks, G0 and G2 micronucleus assay. Results: A significant difference was observed for all cellular endpoints when matched cases and controls were compared both pairwise and grouped. However, it is important to point out that most casecontrol pairs showed a substantial overlap in standard deviations, which questions the predictive value of the individual assays. The apoptosis assay performed best, with less apoptosis seen in CD8+ lymphocytes of the cases (average: 14.45%) than in their matched controls (average: 30.64%) for 11 out of 12 patient pairs (p

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2016

49. Abstract P6-09-51: The REQUITE-AB study: Validating predictive models and biomarkers of radiotherapy toxicity to reduce side-effects and improve quality of life in breast cancer patients

Author

Rattay, T, primary, Johnson, K, additional, Azria, D, additional, Chang-Claude, J, additional, Davidson, S, additional, Dunning, A, additional, de Ruyscher, D, additional, Guiterrez-Enriquez, S, additional, Lambin, P, additional, Rancati, T, additional, Rosenstein, B, additional, Seibold, P, additional, Symonds, RP, additional, Thierens, H, additional, Valdagni, R, additional, Vega, A, additional, Webb, A, additional, Wenz, F, additional, West, C, additional, and Talbot, C, additional

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2017
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50. What is the reliability of chromosomal aberration assays as biomarkers of individual sensitivity towards ionising radiation?

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Vral, A., Thierens, H., Baeyens, A., and Ridder, L. De

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Biological markers -- Usage, Chemical workers -- Health aspects, Chemical workers -- Research, Petroleum, energy and mining industries
Abstract

Byline: A. Vral, H. Thierens, A. Baeyens, L. De Ridder The development of biomarkers of susceptibility or sensitivity towards ionising radiation is important for the identification of individuals who may be at increased risk for the development of cancer after occupational, environmental or medical exposures. In this study we investigated the inter- and intra-individual variation of the MN assay and the G2 assay in irradiated lymphocytes to assess their suitability as biomarkers of susceptibility. For this, the G2 assay and the MN assay were performed on blood samples of 15 healthy individuals. For the MN assay Go lymphocytes were exposed to 3.5 Gy Co I[sup.3]-rays either at high dose-rate (HDR) or low dose-rate (LDR). For the G2 assay lymphocytes were irradiated with a dose of 0.4 Gy Co I[sup.3]-rays in G2 phase of the cell cycle. Two individuals were assayed nine times each in nine different experiments over a time period of one year. All samples were analysed by two scorers and no significant differences between them were observed using a paired t-test. The repeat experiments on blood samples of the same donor revealed that the inter-experimental/intra-individual coefficients of variation were not significantly different from the inter-individual coefficients of variation in both G2 and MN assay. As the intra-individual variability determines the assay reproducibility this would indicate that the assays are not able to detect real, reproducible differences in radiation sensitivity between normal individuals in the population. The repeat experiments further revealed that for some healthy donors a high value, defined as sensitive taking the 90 percentile as cut-off point to define sensitivity, is obtained only at one time point while the values obtained at the other time points were within the normal range (non-sensitive). Based on this one time point the individual would have been regarded as sensitive. Furthermore a donor identified as radiosensitive with the G2 assay in our initial experiments turned out to be normal when the assay was repeated. To conclude, our results show that a chromosomal aberration assay based on one blood sample may lead to erroneous conclusions with respect to the individual radiosensitivity of workers.

Published
2004

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