Effectiveness of monoenergetic and spread-out bragg peak carbon-ions for inactivation of various normal and tumour human cell lines

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 597-607

  Belli, Mauro ^a   Bettega, Daniela ^b   Calzolari, Paola ^b   Cherubini, Roberto ^c   Cuttone, Giacomo ^d   Durante, Marco ^e   Esposito, Giuseppe ^a   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^f   Gerardi, Silvia ^c   Gialanella, Giancarlo ^e   Grossi, Gianfranco ^e   Manti, Lorenzo ^e   Marchesini, Renato ^g   Pugliese, Mariagabriella ^e   Scampoli, Paola ^e   Simone, Giustina ^a   Sorrentino, Eugenio ^a   Tabocchini, Maria Antonella ^a   Tallone, Lucia ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon ion beams; Cell inactivation; Human cell line; Linear energy transfer (LET); Relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

CARBON ION BEAMS; CELL INACTIVATION; CELL KILLING; HUMAN CELL LINES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONOENERGETIC; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

IONS;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 57349185989     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.08052     Document Type: Article

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