title: Using Stable Free Radicals to Obtain Unique and Clinically Useful Data In Vivo in Human Subjects.
abstract: This paper attempts to: (1) provide a critical overview of the challenges and opportunities to extend electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) into practical applications in human subjects, based on EPR measurements made in vivo; (2) summarize the clinical applications of EPR for improving treatments in cancer, wound healing and diabetic care, emphasizing EPR's unique capability to measure tissue oxygen repeatedly and with particular sensitivity to hypoxia and (3) summarize the capabilities of in vivo EPR to measure radiation dose for triage and medical guidance after a large-scale radiation exposure. The conclusion is that while still at a relatively early stage of its development and availability, clinical applications of EPR already have demonstrated significant value and the field is likely to grow in both the extent of its applications and its impact on significant problems.
authors.affiliation: EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems at Dartmouth, Department of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, HB 7785 One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA Harold.Swartz@Dartmouth.edu.|Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Harold M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Swartz
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D010100:Oxygen