Radiation tolerance of the rat spinal cord after 6 and 18 fractions of photons and carbon ions: Experimental results and clinical implications

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1488-1497

  Karger, Christian P ^a   Peschke, Peter ^a   Sanchez Brandelik, Rita ^a   Scholz, Michael ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon ions; Charged particle radiotherapy; radiation tolerance; rat spinal cord; relative biologic effectiveness

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FRACTIONATION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS;

CARBON IONS; CHARGED PARTICLE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RAT SPINAL CORD; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33751182861     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.08.045     Document Type: Article

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