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Use of biological dosimetry to confirm radiation exposure: Case study by Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Martins, João Oliveira, Rosário, Pedro

“…The notification of a radiological accident/incident in Portugal is very rare. This study was conducted after a suspected occupational overexposure to ionizing…”
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The second gamma-H2AX assay inter-comparison exercise carried out in the framework of the European biodosimetry network (RENEB) by Moquet, Jayne, Barnard, Stephen, Staynova, Albena, Lindholm, Carita, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Martins, Vanda, Rößler, Ute, Vral, Anne, Vandevoorde, Charlot, Wojewódzka, Maria, Rothkamm, Kai

“…Purpose: Within the EU RENEB project, seven laboratories have taken part in training and harmonisation activities to strengthen triage gamma-H2AX-based…”
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RENEB/EURADOS field exercise 2019: robust dose estimation under outdoor conditions based on the dicentric chromosome assay by Endesfelder, David, Oestreicher, Ursula, Kulka, Ulrike, Ainsbury, Elizabeth A., Moquet, Jayne, Barnard, Stephen, Gregoire, Eric, Martinez, Juan S., Trompier, François, Ristic, Yoann, Woda, Clemens, Waldner, Lovisa, Beinke, Christina, Vral, Anne, Barquinero, Joan-Francesc, Hernandez, Alfredo, Sommer, Sylwester, Lumniczky, Katalin, Hargitai, Rita, Montoro, Alegría, Milic, Mirta, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Valente, Marco, Bobyk, Laure, Sevriukova, Olga, Sabatier, Laure, Prieto, María Jesús, Moreno Domene, Mercedes, Testa, Antonella, Patrono, Clarice, Terzoudi, Georgia, Triantopoulou, Sotiria, Histova, Rositsa, Wojcik, Andrzej

“…Biological and/or physical assays for retrospective dosimetry are valuable tools to recover the exposure situation and to aid medical decision making. To…”
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Radiobiological Characterization of 64CuCl2 as a Simple Tool for Prostate Cancer Theranostics by Guerreiro, Joana, Alves, Vítor, Abrunhosa, Antero, Paulo, António, Gil, Octávia, Mendes, Filipa

“…64CuCl2 has recently been proposed as a promising agent for prostate cancer (PCa) theranostics, based on preclinical studies in cellular and animal models, and…”
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RENEB intercomparison exercises analyzing micronuclei (Cytokinesis-block Micronucleus Assay) by Depuydt, Julie, Baeyens, Ans, Barnard, Stephen, Beinke, Christina, Benedek, Anett, Beukes, Philip, Buraczewska, Iwona, Darroudi, Firouz, De Sanctis, Stefania, Dominguez, Inmaculada, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Hadjidekova, Valeria, Kis, Enikő, Kulka, Ulrike, Lista, Florigio, Lumniczky, Katalin, M'kacher, Radhia, Moquet, Jayne, Obreja, Doina, Oestreicher, Ursula, Pajic, Jelena, Pastor, Nuria, Popova, Ljubomira, Regalbuto, Elisa, Ricoul, Michelle, Sabatier, Laure, Slabbert, Jacobus, Sommer, Sylwester, Testa, Antonella, Thierens, Hubert, Wojcik, Andrzej, Vral, Anne

“…Purpose: In the framework of the 'Realizing the European Network of Biodosimetry' (RENEB) project, two intercomparison exercises were conducted to assess the…”
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BRCA1 VUS: A functional analysis to differentiate pathogenic from benign variants identified in clinical diagnostic panels for breast cancer by Lourenço, Rita Adubeiro, Lança, Miguel, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Cardoso, Joana, Lourenço, Teresa, Pereira-Leal, José B, Rodrigues, António Sebastião, Rueff, José, Nunes Silva, Susana

“…Genetic testing for susceptibility genes through next‑generation sequencing (NGS) has become a widely used technique. Using this, a number of genetic variants…”
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The role of common variants of non-homologous end-joining repair genes XRCC4, LIG4 and Ku80 in thyroid cancer risk by GOMES, Bruno Costa, NUNES SILVA, Susana, PAULA AZEVEDO, Ana, MANITA, Isabel, MONTEIRO GIL, Octávia, CRUZ FERREIRA, Teresa, LIMBERT, Edward, RUEFF, José, GASPAR, Jorge Francisco

“…Variations, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA damage repair genes have been pointed out as possible factors to cancer predisposition…”
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Human exposure to indoor radon: a survey in the region of Guarda, Portugal by Louro, Alina, Peralta, Luís, Soares, Sandra, Pereira, Alcides, Cunha, Gilda, Belchior, Ana, Ferreira, Luís, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Louro, Henriqueta, Pinto, Paulo, Rodrigues, António Sebastião, Silva, Maria João, Teles, Pedro

“…Radon ((222)Rn) is a radioactive gas, abundant in granitic areas, such as the city of Guarda at the northeast of Portugal. This gas is recognised as a…”
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Association of Polymorphisms in ERCC2 Gene with Non-Familial Thyroid Cancer Risk by SILVA, Susana N, MONTEIRO GIL, Octavia, RUEFF, José, GASPAR, Jorge, OLIVEIRA, Vanessa C, CABRAL, Marisa N, AZEVEDO, Ana Paula, FABER, Ana, MANILA, Isabel, CRUZ FERREIRA, Teresa, LIMBERT, Edward, ESPERANCA PINA, Julieta

“…The ERCC2 protein is an evolutionary conserved ATP-dependent helicase that is associated with a TFIIH transcription factor complex and plays an important role…”
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Analysis of Radiation-Induced Chromosomal Aberrations on a Cell-by-Cell Basis after Alpha-Particle Microbeam Irradiation: Experimental Data and Simulations by Testa, Antonella, Ballarini, Francesca, Giesen, Ulrich, Gil, Octávia Monteiro, Carante, Mario P., Tello, John, Langner, Frank, Rabus, Hans, Palma, Valentina, Pinto, Massimo, Patrono, Clarice

“…There is a continued need for further clarification of various aspects of radiation-induced chromosomal aberration, including its correlation with radiation…”
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RENEB Inter-Laboratory comparison 2017: limits and pitfalls of ILCs by Gregoire, Eric, Barquinero, Joan Francesc, Gruel, Gaetan, Benadjaoud, Mohamedamine, Martinez, Juan S., Beinke, Christina, Balajee, Adayabalam, Beukes, Philip, Blakely, William F., Dominguez, Inmaculada, Duy, Pham Ngoc, Gil, Octávia Monteiro, Güçlü, Inci, Guogyte, Kamile, Hadjidekova, Savina Petrova, Hadjidekova, Valeria, Hande, Prakash, Jang, Seongjae, Lumniczky, Katalin, Meschini, Roberta, Milic, Mirta, Montoro, Alegria, Moquet, Jayne, Moreno, Mercedes, Norton, Farrah N., Oestreicher, Ursula, Pajic, Jelena, Sabatier, Laure, Sommer, Sylwester, Testa, Antonella, Terzoudi, Georgia, Valente, Marco, Venkatachalam, Perumal, Vral, Anne, Wilkins, Ruth C., Wojcik, Andrzej, Zafiropoulos, Demetre, Kulka, Ulrike

“…In case of a mass-casualty radiological event, there would be a need for networking to overcome surge limitations and to quickly obtain homogeneous results…”
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Possible transient adaptive response to mitomycin C in peripheral lymphocytes from thyroid cancer patients after iodine‐131 therapy by Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Oliveira, Nuno Guerreiro, Rodrigues, António Sebastião, Laires, António, Ferreira, Teresa Cruz, Limbert, Edward, Rueff, José

“…Our study attempted to assess the possible induction and persistence of an adaptive response in lymphocytes of thyroidectomized thyroid cancer patients treated…”
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Investigation of the influence of calibration practices on cytogenetic laboratory performance for dose estimation by Trompier, François, Baumann, Marion, Barrios, Lleonard, Gregoire, Eric, Abend, Michael, Ainsbury, Elizabeth, Barnard, Stephen, Barquinero, Joan Francesc, Bautista, Juan Antonio, Brzozowska, Beata, Perez-Calatayud, Jose, De Angelis, Cinzia, Domínguez, Inmaculada, Hadjidekova, Valeria, Kulka, Ulrike, Mateos, Juan Carlos, Meschini, Roberta, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Moquet, Jayne, Oestreicher, Ursula, Montoro Pastor, Alegria, Quintens, Roel, Sebastià, Natividad, Sommer, Sylwester, Stoyanov, Orlin, Thierens, Hubert, Terzoudi, Georgia, Villaescusa, Juan Ignacio, Vral, Anne, Wojcik, Andrzej, Zafiropoulos, Demetre, Roy, Laurence

“…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…”
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Web based scoring is useful for validation and harmonisation of scoring criteria within RENEB by Romm, Horst, Ainsbury, Elizabeth A., Barquinero, Joan Francesc, Barrios, Leonardo, Beinke, Christina, Cucu, Alexandra, Domene, Mercedes Moreno, Filippi, Silvia, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Gregoire, Eric, Hadjidekova, Valeria, Hatzi, Vasia, Lindholm, Carita, M´ kacher, Radhia, Montoro, Alegria, Moquet, Jayne, Noditi, Mihaela, Oestreicher, Ursula, Palitti, Fabrizio, Pantelias, Gabriel, Prieto, María Jesús, Popescu, Irina, Rothkamm, Kai, Sebastià, Natividad, Sommer, Sylwester, Terzoudi, Georgia, Testa, Antonella, Wojcik, Andrzej

“…Purpose: To establish a training data set of digital images and to investigate the scoring criteria and dose assessment of the dicentric assay within the…”
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Association of polymorphisms in genes of the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway and thyroid cancer risk by Bastos, Helder Novais, Antão, Mónica Rego, Silva, Susana N, Azevedo, Ana Paula, Manita, Isabel, Teixeira, Valdemar, Pina, Julieta Esperança, Gil, Octávia Monteiro, Ferreira, Teresa Cruz, Limbert, Edward, Rueff, José, Gaspar, Jorge Francisco

“…Ionizing radiation exposure has been pointed out as a risk factor for thyroid cancer. The double-strand breaks induced by this carcinogen are usually repaired…”
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RENEB accident simulation exercise by Brzozowska, Beata, Ainsbury, Elizabeth, Baert, Annelot, Beaton-Green, Lindsay, Barrios, Leonardo, Barquinero, Joan Francesc, Bassinet, Celine, Beinke, Christina, Benedek, Anett, Beukes, Philip, Bortolin, Emanuela, Buraczewska, Iwona, Burbidge, Christopher, De Amicis, Andrea, De Angelis, Cinzia, Della Monaca, Sara, Depuydt, Julie, De Sanctis, Stefania, Dobos, Katalin, Domene, Mercedes Moreno, Domínguez, Inmaculada, Facco, Eva, Fattibene, Paola, Frenzel, Monika, Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Gonon, Géraldine, Gregoire, Eric, Gruel, Gaëtan, Hadjidekova, Valeria, Hatzi, Vasiliki I., Hristova, Rositsa, Jaworska, Alicja, Kis, Enikő, Kowalska, Maria, Kulka, Ulrike, Lista, Florigio, Lumniczky, Katalin, Martínez-López, Wilner, Meschini, Roberta, Moertl, Simone, Moquet, Jayne, Noditi, Mihaela, Oestreicher, Ursula, Orta Vázquez, Manuel Luis, Palma, Valentina, Pantelias, Gabriel, Montoro Pastor, Alegria, Patrono, Clarice, Piqueret-Stephan, Laure, Quattrini, Maria Cristina, Regalbuto, Elisa, Ricoul, Michelle, Roch-Lefevre, Sandrine, Roy, Laurence, Sabatier, Laure, Sarchiapone, Lucia, Sebastià, Natividad, Sommer, Sylwester, Sun, Mingzhu, Suto, Yumiko, Terzoudi, Georgia, Trompier, Francois, Vral, Anne, Wilkins, Ruth, Zafiropoulos, Demetre, Wieser, Albrecht, Woda, Clemens, Wojcik, Andrzej

“…Purpose: The RENEB accident exercise was carried out in order to train the RENEB participants in coordinating and managing potentially large data sets that…”
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Mechanistic insights into the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced by glycidamide in human mammary cells by Bandarra, Susana, Fernandes, Ana S., Magro, Inês, Guerreiro, Patrícia S., Pingarilho, Marta, Churchwell, Mona I., Gil, Octávia Monteiro, Batinić-Haberle, Ines, Gonçalves, Sandrina, Rueff, José, Miranda, Joana P., Marques, M. Matilde, Beland, Frederick A., Castro, Matilde, Gaspar, Jorge F., Oliveira, Nuno G.

“…Acrylamide (AA) is a well-known industrial chemical classified as a probable human carcinogen. Benign and malignant tumours at different sites, including the…”
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Evaluation of the cytotoxicity and the genotoxicity induced by α radiation in an A549 cell line by Belchior, Ana, Gil, Octávia Monteiro, Almeida, Pedro, Vaz, Pedro

“…Exposure to radon and its progenies represents one of the greatest risks of ionizing radiation from natural sources. Nowadays, these risks are assessed by the…”
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A survey on emergency thyroid monitoring strategies and capacities in Europe and comparison with international recommendations by Monteiro Gil, Octávia, Youngman, Mike, Vaz, Pedro, Angus, Philip, Battisti, Paolo, Berkovskyy, Volodyumyr, Bonchuk, Yuri, Broggio, David, Brudecki, Kamil, Dąbrowski, Krzysztof, de Groot, T.J.H., Fojtík, Pavel, Franck, Didier, Jaworska, Alicja, Jourquin, Flora, Jug, Nina, Kónyi, Júlia K., Krajewska, Grażyna, Lebacq, Anne L., Leenders, Marianne, Lepasson, Monika, Lopez, Maria Antonia, Malátova, Irena, Martins, João O., Meisenberg, Oliver, Ośko, Jakub, Pázmándi, Tamás, Peace, Mark S., Rosário, Pedro, Solný, Pavel, Stenström, Mats, Stoyanov, Orlin, Tormo, Maria Luisa, Urboniene, Ausra, Vagfoldi, Zoltan, Vasilenko, Valentina, Willens, Petra, Zagyvai, Peter

“…There are ongoing social debates about the risks and benefits of using nuclear reactors to generate electricity. Radiation accidents can occur for different…”
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DOSIMETRIC STUDY IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES EXPOSED TO X-RAYS AND SUBMITTED TO DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES by Costa, Ms Raquel, Teles, Pedro, Pinheiro, Teresa, Santos, Joana, Loupa, Ms Teresa, Pinto, Fátima, Gil, Octávia Monteiro

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