Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
"Radiation-Sensitizing Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Drugs used to potentiate the effectiveness of radiation therapy in destroying unwanted cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D011838
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Radiation-Sensitizing Agents- Radiation-Sensitizing Agents
- Radiation Sensitizers
- Sensitizers, Radiation
- Radiation Sensitizing Agents
- Sensitizing Agents, Radiation
- Radiosensitizing Agents
- Agents, Radiosensitizing
- Radiosensitizing Drugs
- Drugs, Radiosensitizing
- Agents, Radiation-Sensitizing
- Agents, Radiation Sensitizing
- Radiation-Sensitizing Drugs
- Drugs, Radiation-Sensitizing
- Radiation Sensitizing Drugs
Radiation-Sensitizing Effect- Radiation-Sensitizing Effect
- Effect, Radiation-Sensitizing
- Radiation Sensitizing Effect
- Radiosensitizing Effect
- Effect, Radiosensitizing
- Radiosensitizing Effects
- Effects, Radiosensitizing
- Radiation-Sensitizing Effects
- Effects, Radiation-Sensitizing
- Radiation Sensitizing Effects
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiation-Sensitizing Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Dual inhibition of ATR and DNA-PKcs radiosensitizes ATM-mutant prostate cancer. Oncogene. 2025 Jun; 44(22):1746-1760.
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Bladder-Preserving Trimodality Treatment for High-Grade T1 Bladder Cancer: Results From Phase II Protocol NRG Oncology/RTOG 0926. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Dec; 42(34):4095-4102.
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Evaluating Tumor Hypoxia Radiosensitization Via Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Oxygen Imaging (EPROI). Mol Imaging Biol. 2024 Jun; 26(3):435-447.
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Nanoscale Metal-Organic Framework with an X-ray Triggerable Prodrug for Synergistic Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy. J Am Chem Soc. 2023 08 30; 145(34):18698-18704.
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Altered expression of a metformin-mediated radiation response in SA-NH and FSa tumor cells treated under in vitro and in vivo growth conditions. Int J Radiat Biol. 2017 07; 93(7):665-675.
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HER2 Transmembrane Domain (TMD) Mutations (V659/G660) That Stabilize Homo- and Heterodimerization Are Rare Oncogenic Drivers in Lung Adenocarcinoma That Respond to Afatinib. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 03; 12(3):446-457.
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Repurposing cephalosporin antibiotics as pro-senescent radiosensitizers. Oncotarget. 2016 Jun 07; 7(23):33919-33.
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Clinical Trial of Oral Nelfinavir before and during Radiation Therapy for Advanced Rectal Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Apr 15; 22(8):1922-31.
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In Vitro Radiosensitization of Esophageal Cancer Cells with the Aminopeptidase Inhibitor CHR-2797. Radiat Res. 2015 Sep; 184(3):259-65.
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Phase I Study of Vorinostat as a Radiation Sensitizer with 131I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I-MIBG) for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2015 Jun 15; 21(12):2715-21.