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One-week vaginal brachytherapy schedule as exclusive adjuvant post-operative treatment in intermediate- and high-intermediate-risk endometrial cancer patients

Purpose: The aim of the study was to report survival outcomes and toxicities incidence by using one-week vaginal brachytherapy (VBT) schedule in intermediate- and high-intermediate-risk endometrial cancer patients.Material and methods: One hundred and eight patients were treated with exclusive high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy short schedule (7 Gy/fraction/every other day/1 week).

Evidence of association between aerosol properties and in-vitro cellular oxidative response to PM1, oxidative potential of PM2.5, a biomarker of RNA oxidation, and its dependency on combustion sources

The causal link between ambient PM2.5 and adverse health effects is still not clear enough, nor it is clear what factors (physical and/or chemical) contribute to PM2.5 toxicity and by what mechanism(s).

Toxic inorganic pollutants in foods from agricultural producing areas of Southern Italy: Level and risk assessment

This study focused on the inorganic environmental contaminants in specific food products which form part of the
food chain of the population residing in the area of Southern Italy (Gela) where there is a high mortality rate
linked to tumor diseases and congenital malformations. Determination of toxic metals was performed by
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The toxicological data for every toxic element has
been applied to evaluate the risk for the consumer by calculating the amount of potentially toxic element that