An analysis of the relationship between radiosensitivity and volume effects in tumor control probability modeling

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1258-1265

  Buffa, Francesca M ^a   Fenwick, John D ^b   Nahum, Alan E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Radiosensitivity; Tumour control; Volume effects

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY;

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; HYPOXIA; LOCAL TUMOR CONTROL; RADIOBIOLOGICAL MODELING; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOSENSITIVITY PARAMETERS; TUMOR CONTROL PROBABILITY; VOLUME EFFECT;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CELL DENSITY; CLONOGENESIS; HYPOXIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034047268     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599003     Document Type: Article

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