Enhancing the Seeking Safety group intervention with trauma-sensitive yoga practice: A program evaluation.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this article is to report the results of a qualitative Utilization Focused Program Evaluation on the integration of the Seeking Safety manualized group counseling intervention with Trauma-Sensitive (TS) yoga practice at a community mental health agency. To date, there has been no evaluation of Seeking Safety and TS yoga as complementary therapies.

Method And Materials: Qualitative data were generated from key informant interviews and focus groups, then coded and analyzed for theme and content.

Gefitinib (Iressa) potentiates the effect of ionizing radiation in thyroid cancer cell lines.

Objectives/hypothesis: To determine whether inactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase activity will sensitize thyroid cancer cell lines to ionizing radiation-induced death.

Study Design: Established human thyroid cancer cells lines were studied.

Methods: Colony formation assay was used to determine the effect of Gefitinib, a small molecule inhibitor of EGFR, on anaplastic (ARO) and follicular (WRO) thyroid cancer cell lines.