Extinction of the weakest

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 807-819

  Denham, James W ^a,b   Kron, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Head and neck; Linear quadratic model; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell cancer; Treatment time correction; Tumor cell kinetics; Tumor proliferation; Tumor repopulation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FRACTIONATION; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

CELLULAR DEPLETION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DOSE RESPONSE; FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME; TUMOR CELL;

CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035501437     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01689-3     Document Type: Article

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