The merits of cell kinetic parameters for the assessment ofintrinsic cellular radiosensitivity to photon and high linear energy transfer neutron irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 423-428

  Theron, Therina ^a   Slabbert, Jacobus ^b   Serafin, Antonio ^a   Böhm, Lothar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

D ; Human tumor cell lines; Neutrons; Photons; Radiosensitivity; S phase content; T(pot)

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL KINETICS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MOUSE; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; S PHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030993417     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00533-0     Document Type: Article

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