Proposition: long-term changes in irradiated tissues are due principally to vascular damage in the tissues.
Hopewell
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Research Institute, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, United Kingdom. john.hopewell@resin.ox.ac.uk
Withers
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D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries / Q000528:radiation effects; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000293:injuries / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D011853:Radiobiology; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000528:radiation effects