title: Side Effects of Radiation in Bone and Cartilage: An FT-IR Analysis.
abstract: Although radiation therapy is an essential treatment of cancers, it is associated with unwanted complications. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current knowledge regarding the side effects of radiation in bone and articular cartilage and to recommend Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to monitor the differences in infrared spectra between healthy and irradiated bone and cartilage.
authors: First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
authors: Andreas F
authors: AF
authors: Mavrogenis
authors: First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
authors: Panayiotis D
authors: PD
authors: Megaloikonomos
authors: First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
authors: George N
authors: GN
authors: Panagopoulos
authors: First Department of Orthopaedics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
authors: Panayiotis J
authors: PJ
authors: Papagelopoulos
authors: National Technical University of Athens, Radiation Chemistry & Biospectroscopy, Athens, Greece.
authors: Theofilos
authors: T
authors: Theophanides
authors: National Technical University of Athens, Radiation Chemistry & Biospectroscopy, Athens, Greece.
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Anastassopoulou
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006132:Growth Plate / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared