Proton relative biological effectiveness (RBE) for survival in mice after thoracic irradiation with fractionated doses

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1051-1058

  Gueulette, John ^a   Böhm, Lothar ^c   Slabbert, Jacobus P ^b   De Coster, Blanche M ^a   Rutherfoord, Gerald S ^c   Ruifrok, Arnout ^d   Octave Prignot, Michelle ^a   Binns, Peter J ^b   Schreuder, A Nicholaas ^b   Symons, Julian E ^b   Scalliet, Pierre ^a   Jones, Dan T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Late responding tissues; Proton beams; Radiotherapy; Relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LD 50; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE REACTION;

ANIMALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0343134009     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00535-6     Document Type: Article

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