High-dose-rate brachytherapy may be radiobiologically superior to low-dose rate due to slow repair of late-responding normal tissue cells

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-189

  Orton, Colin G ^a,b,c  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HDR; HDR vs. LDR; L Q model; Repair rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GEOMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME; TISSUE; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0035160485     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00810-5     Document Type: Article

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