DocumentCode
865562
Title
Pixe Using Cyclotron and Lung Cancer Pathogenesis
Author
Weber, G. ; Robaye, G. ; Bartsch, P. ; Collignon, A. ; Roelandts, I. ; Delbrouck-Habaru, J.M.
Author_Institution
Dpt. of Medicine - Dpt. of Nuclear Physics, Dpt. of Geochemistry. B-15, Sart-Tilman, University of Liÿge. Liÿge 1, B-4000 Liÿge, Belgium
Volume
30
Issue
2
fYear
1983
fDate
4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1313
Lastpage
1315
Abstract
The lung lobes of patients with bronchial carcinoma, removed during surgical operation were submitted to analysis of mineral content, by the particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) method. The content of the tumor itself was measured and compared to the content of surrounding non cancerous tissue. These results were then opposed to those previously obtained at autopsy from the lungs of patients in the same range of age, deceased of various non cancerous diseases. The most striking finding was very high values for several elements around the tumour, and among them, the more constantly elevated were : chromium, nickel and titanium which may reach tenfold values, compared with the reference group.
Keywords
Autopsy; Cancer; Cyclotrons; Diseases; Lungs; Minerals; Neoplasms; Oncological surgery; Pathogens; Tumors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1983.4332518
Filename
4332518
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