Oxidative stress has become widely viewed as an underlying condition in a number of
diseases, such as ischemia–reperfusion disorders, central nervous system disorders …

Purpose: Cancer treatment is one of the most challenging diseases in the present era.
Among a few modalities for cancer therapy, radiotherapy plays a pivotal role in more than …

This is the second set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science. Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and
their numerous analogues and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in …

Significance: Superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzymes are indispensable and ubiquitous
antioxidant defenses maintaining the steady-state levels of O2·−; no wonder, thus, that their …

Significance: After approximatelty three decades of research, two Mn (III) porphyrins (MnPs),
MnTE-2-PyP5+ (BMX-010, AEOL10113) and MnTnBuOE-2-PyP5+ (BMX-001), have …

Cancer remains the leading cause of death around the world. In cancer treatment, over 50%
of cancer patients receive radiotherapy alone or in multimodal combinations with other …

Significance: Ionizing radiation is a vital component in the oncologist's arsenal for the
treatment of cancer. Approximately 50% of all cancer patients will receive some form of …

Background: Nowadays, ionizing radiation is used for several applications in medicine,
industry, agriculture, and nuclear power generation. Besides the beneficial roles of ionizing …

Radiation‐induced fibrosis (RIF) develops months to years after initial radiation exposure.
RIF occurs when normal fibroblasts differentiate into myofibroblasts and lay down aberrant …

Oxidative stress, a redox imbalance between the endogenous reactive species and
antioxidant systems, is common to numerous pathological conditions such as cancer, central …