Since the last major International Atomic Energy Agency Conference on "Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy", nations have been obliged to adjust to significant new factors that have come to dominate the world energy market. At previous meetings, the industrialized nations were assuming a long-term future dependence on the use of nuclear energy for electric power generation. The developing nations we...

BACKGROUND In Latin America radiotherapy quality varies significantly among hospitals, where highly equipped academic centers coexist with others not meeting minimal requirements. In 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency published guidelines for auditing radiotherapy centers, known as the "Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology" (QUATRO) audits. The present report summarizes a pil...

BACKGROUND The purpose was to determine whether a brachytherapy boost improves outcomes in patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with standard chemo-radiotherapy. METHODS Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma WHO grades I-III and TNM stages III or non-metastatic stage IV were eligible for this phase III study. Patients were randomized to either arm (A) induction chemotherap...

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: − to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

background: lymphocyte-dicentric assay is the most generally accepted method for biological dosimetry of overexposed individuals. in this study, the frequency of unstable chromosome aberration in blood lymphocytes was used to estimate radiation dose received by individuals. evaluation of dose using a calibration curve produced elsewhere may have a significant uncertainty therefore, experiments ...