New insights into factors influencing the clinically relevant oxygen enhancement ratio

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Daşu, Alexandru ^a   Denekamp, Juliana ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Inducible repair; Oxygenation; Radiobiology; Radiosensitization; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; OXYGEN ENHANCEMENT RATIO; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0344972991     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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