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• Variations in the contouring of organs at risk: test case from a patient with oropharyngeal cancer.

  Anatomy contouring is critical in radiation therapy. Inaccuracy and variation in defining critical volumes will affect everything downstream: treatmen…

  Authors: Benjamin E Nelms, Wolfgang A Tomé, Greg Robinson, James Wheeler

  Source: International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 2012 Jan 1

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• Needle catheter jejunostomy at esophagectomy for cancer.

  Important physiological changes occur after major abdominal surgery. Cellular and morphological changes follow a period of malnutrition. Enteral feedi…

  Authors: Giuseppe S Sica, Vijay Sujendran, James Wheeler, Bob Soin, Nicholas Maynard

  Source: Journal of surgical oncology. 2005 Sep 15

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• In vivo targeting of cell death using a synthetic fluorescent molecular probe.

  A synthetic, near-infrared, fluorescent probe, named PSS-794 was assessed for its ability to detect cell death in two animal models. The molecular pro…

  Authors: Bryan A Smith, Shuzhang Xiao, William Wolter, James Wheeler, Mark A Suckow, Bradley D Smith

  Source: Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death. 2011 Jul

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• Effects of incompatible boundary information in EIT on the convergence behavior of an iterative algorithm.

  In electrical impedance tomography, currents are applied to the body through electrodes that are attached to the surface and the corresponding surface…

  Authors: Mengxing Tang, Wei Wang, James Wheeler, Malcolm McCormick, Xiuzhen Dong

  Source: IEEE transactions on medical imaging. 2002 Jun

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• PAIII prostate tumors express prostate specific antigen (PSA) in Lobund-Wistar rats.

  Prostate cancer has been modeled in various species, including dogs, mice, and rats. A common method involves the use of transplanted prostate cancer …

  Authors: Mark A Suckow, James Wheeler, Min Yan

  Source: Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche vétérinaire. 2009 Jan

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• Synthesis of bile acid coenzyme a thioesters in the amino acid conjugation of bile acids.

  Bile acids are converted to their glycine and taurine N-acyl amidates by enzymes in the liver in a two-step process. This conjugation reaction increas…

  Authors: Erin M Shonsey, James Wheeler, Michelle Johnson, Dongning He, Charles N Falany, Josie Falany, Stephen Barnes

  Source: Methods in enzymology. 2005

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• Effect of nitroreduction on the alkylating reactivity and cytotoxicity of the 2,4-dinitrobenzamide-5-aziridine CB 1954 and the corresponding nitrogen mustard SN 23862: distinct mechanisms of bioreductive activation.

  The dinitrobenzamide aziridine CB 1954 (1) and its nitrogen mustard analogue SN 23862 (6) are prodrugs that are activated by enzymatic nitroreduction …

  Authors: Nuala A Helsby, S James Wheeler, Frederik B Pruijn, Brian D Palmer, Shangjin Yang, William A Denny, William R Wilson

  Source: Chemical research in toxicology. 2003 Apr

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• The chironomid acute toxicity test: development of a new test system.

  This paper describes the basis for a water-only acute chironomid toxicity test guideline using first-instar larvae. The method is based on the OECD te…

  Authors: Lennart Weltje, Hans Rufli, Fred Heimbach, James Wheeler, Marco Vervliet-Scheebaum, Michael Hamer

  Source: Integrated environmental assessment and management. 2010 Apr

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• Immunization with a tissue vaccine enhances the effect of irradiation on prostate tumors.

  Recent studies on immunotherapy as a means to treat prostate cancer presents an interesting opportunity for combination therapy with radiation. This w…

  Authors: Mark A Suckow, James Wheeler, William R Wolter, Valerie Sailes, Min Yan

  Source: In vivo (Athens, Greece). 2008 Mar-Apr

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• Disruption of the upper female reproductive tract epithelium by nonoxynol-9.

  Spermicides containing nonoxynol-9 (N-9) may increase HIV transmission. In women, intravaginal N-9 is found in the uterus shortly after its insertion.…

  Authors: Molina B Dayal, James Wheeler, Carmen J Williams, Kurt T Barnhart

  Source: Contraception. 2003 Oct

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