Is the prostate α/β ratio of 1.5 from Brenner and Hall a modeling artifact? (2)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 536-538

  King, Christopher R ^a   Mayo, Charles S ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLONOGENESIS; DOSIMETRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOBIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034183792     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00442-9     Document Type: Letter

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