期刊
JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-299
关键词
Dose effects; Head and neck cancer; IMRT; Radiation toxicity; Serum proteome
资金
- Polish National Science Centre [N402-450339, 2011/01/B/NZ4/03563]
- European Social Fund within the INTERKADRA project [UDA-POKL-04.01.01-00-014/10-00]
Background: Conformal intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) involves irradiation of large volume of normal tissue with low and medium doses, biological relevance of which is not clear yet. Serum proteome features were used here to study the dose-volume effects in patients irradiated with IMRT due to head and neck cancer. Methods: Blood samples were collected before and during RT, and also about one month and one year after the end of RT in a group of 72 patients who received definitive treatment. Serum proteome profiles were analyzed using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry in 800-14,000 Da range. Results: Major changes in serum proteome profiles were observed between pre-treatment samples and samples collected one month after RT. Radiation-related changes in serum proteome features were affected by low-to-medium doses delivered to a large fraction of body mass. Proteome changes were associated with intensity of acute radiation toxicity, indicating collectively that RT-related features of serum proteome reflected general response of patient's organism to irradiation. However, short-term dose-related changes in serum proteome features were not associated significantly with the long-term efficacy of the treatment. Conclusions: The effects of low and medium doses of radiation have been documented at the level of serum proteome, which is a reflection of the patient's whole body response.
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