α/β ratio: A dose range dependence study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Garcia, Lourdes M ^a,b   Wilkins, David E ^a,b   Raaphorst, Gijsbert P ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose dependence; Linear quadratic model; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY;

DOSE DEPENDENCE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LINEAR QUADRATIC MODELS; SURVIVAL CURVES;

DOSIMETRY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHO CELL; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBROBLAST; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 33846210972     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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