title: The Radiation Stress Response: Of the People, By the People and For the People.
abstract: The radiation stress response can have broad impact. In this Failla Award presentation it is discussed in three components using terms relevant to the current political season as to how the radiation stress response can be applied to the benefit for cancer care and as service to society. Of the people refers to the impact of radiation on cells, tissues and patients. The paradigm our laboratory uses is radiation as a drug, called "focused biology", and physics as "nano-IMRT" because at the nanometer level physics and biology merge. By the people refers to how the general population often reacts to the word "radiation" and how the Radiation Research Society can better enable society to deal with the current realities of radiation in our lives. For the people refers to the potential for radiation oncology and radiation sciences to improve the lives of millions of people globally who are now beyond benefits of cancer treatment and research.
authors.affiliation: Associate Director, Radiation Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis; Senior Investigator, Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and Senior Medical Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC.
authors.forename: C Norman
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000266:history*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000072258:Tumor Hypoxia / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal