Clinical implications of incomplete repair parameters for rat spinal cord: The feasibility of large doses per fraction in PDR and HDR brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 215-226

  Pop, Lucas A M ^a   Millar, William T ^b   Visser, Andries G ^a   Van der Kogel, Albert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose rate; Radiation tolerance; Repair kinetics; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; IRIDIUM; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; TISSUE REPAIR; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035450923     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01543-7     Document Type: Article

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