High-Dose Single-Fraction Radiotherapy: Exploiting a New Biology?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 324-325

  Brown, J Martin ^a   Koong, Albert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE METASTASIS; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA REPAIR; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 43049167071     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.003     Document Type: Editorial

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