background: ghrelin is a hormone related to food intake in rodents and humans, mainly produced in stomach. this study aimed to determine the effect of irradiation on ghrelin concentration in the gastric mucosa of rats. materials and methods : twenty-five rats were exposed to 15 gy of whole-abdominal irradiation. gastric tissue samples were obtained 1, 3, 7, 30, and 90 days after irradiation. fi...

We have previously reported that abdominal irradiation prior to i.v. injection of syngeneic tumor cells reduced metastases in lung. Our report described an investigation of the significance of intestinal organisms in the radiation effect. We found that eliminating intestinal organisms with antibiotics totally abolished the radiation effect. Monoassociation of germ-free mice revealed that the ra...

We have previously reported that abdominal irradiation prior to i.v. injection of syngeneic tumor cells reduced métastases in lung. Our report described an investigation of the significance of intestinal organisms in the radiation effect. We found that eliminating intestinal organisms with antibiotics totally abolished the radiation effect. Monoassociation of germ-free mice revealed that the r...

Many experts have used an indirect method for enhancing strength and performance of muscles in clinical practice. The indirect method, which called an irradiation is a basic procedure of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, there is little research related the effects of irradiation. This study investigated abdominal muscle activity during abdominal drawing-in maneuver (ADIM) combined wit...

Case history A 47-year-old man presented in February 1977 with weight loss and lymphadenopathy. Investigations including a staging laparotomy showed that he had stage IV nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease involving cervical, mediastinal and abdominal nodes, spleen and bone marrow. He was treated with combination chemotherapy (chlorambucil, vinblastine, prednisone, procarbazine; and adriamycin...

In a repeated radiotherapy owing to a local recurrence close to the previous irradiation, the dose distribution of next irradiation is required to avoid overlap with previous one. Therefore, a system for displaying dose-distribution image of previous irradiation on a present anatomical image would be helpful in designing new radiotherapy. However, registration of two abdominal CT images acquire...

Background: Ghrelin is a hormone related to food intake in rodents and humans, mainly produced in stomach. This study aimed to determine the effect of irradiation on ghrelin concentration in the gastric mucosa of rats. Materials and Methods : Twenty-five rats were exposed to 15 Gy of whole-abdominal irradiation. Gastric tissue samples were obtained 1, 3, 7, 30, and 90 days after irradiation. Fi...

Two cases of tumours arising in or near the pancreatic head are reported in patients previously treated with abdominal irradiation for testicular tumours. These are only the third and fourth such cases to be reported and they suggest that second cancers may develop as a result of abdominal irradiation for malignant disease.