"Alpha Particles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Positively charged particles composed of two protons and two NEUTRONS, i.e. equivalent to HELIUM nuclei, which are emitted during disintegration of heavy ISOTOPES. Alpha rays have very strong ionizing power, but weak penetrability.
| Descriptor ID |
D000512
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.750.750.055
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| Concept/Terms |
Alpha Particles- Alpha Particles
- Alpha Particle
- Particle, Alpha
- Particles, Alpha
Alpha Rays- Alpha Rays
- Alpha Ray
- Ray, Alpha
- Rays, Alpha
- Radiation, Alpha
- Alpha Radiation
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alpha Particles" by people in Profiles.
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Alpha Particle-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals as Cancer Therapy: Biological Basis, Current Status, and Future Outlook for Therapeutics Discovery. Mol Imaging Biol. 2023 Dec; 25(6):991-1019.
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Production, isolation, and shipment of clinically relevant quantities of astatine-211: A simple and efficient approach to increasing supply. Nucl Med Biol. 2023 Nov-Dec; 126-127:108387.
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223Ra Induces Transient Functional Bone Marrow Toxicity. J Nucl Med. 2022 10; 63(10):1544-1550.
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Progress in Targeted Alpha-Particle-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals as Treatments for Prostate Cancer Patients with Bone Metastases. Molecules. 2021 Apr 09; 26(8).
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Phase II study of Radium-223 dichloride combined with hormonal therapy for hormone receptor-positive, bone-dominant metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Med. 2020 02; 9(3):1025-1032.
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Executive Summary of the American Radium Society Appropriate Use Criteria for Local Excision in Rectal Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2019 12 01; 105(5):977-993.
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TRACKING DOWN ALPHA-PARTICLES: THE DESIGN, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF A SHALLOW-ANGLED ALPHA-PARTICLE IRRADIATOR. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2019 May 01; 183(1-2):264-269.
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Alpha Particle Radium 223 Dichloride in High-risk Osteosarcoma: A Phase I Dose Escalation Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 07 01; 25(13):3802-3810.
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Harnessing Androgen Receptor Pathway Activation for Targeted Alpha Particle Radioimmunotherapy of Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 01 15; 25(2):881-891.
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A new formalism for modelling parameters a and ? of the linear-quadratic model of cell survival for hadron therapy. Phys Med Biol. 2017 Oct 03; 62(20):8041-8059.