PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - JOEL S. GREENBERGER TI - Radioprotection DP - 2009 Mar 01 TA - In Vivo PG - 323--336 VI - 23 IP - 2 4099 - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/23/2/323.short 4100 - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/23/2/323.full SO - In Vivo2009 Mar 01; 23 AB - Over 40% of cancer patients will require radiation therapy during management of their disease. Although radiation therapy improves the survival of a significant number of cancer patients, both acute radiation toxicity (which manifests during a course of clinical radiotherapy or shortly thereafter), and late toxicity (developing months to years after completion of radiotherapy) compromise overall outcomes for successfully treated cancer patients.