Reply to 'Comments on "cellular response to modulated radiation fields"'

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Claridge MacKonis, E ^a,b   Suchowerska, N ^a,b   McKenzie, D R ^b   Ebert, M ^c,d   Jackson, M ^a   Morrell, S ^b   Bewes, J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYSTANDER EFFECTS; CELL SURVIVALS; CELLULAR RESPONSE; COLONY FORMATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LINEAR-QUADRATIC MODELS; MELANOMA CELLS; NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCERS; PHOTON BEAMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; RADIATION FIELDS; RE-ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL EVIDENCES; SURVIVAL FRACTIONS;

CELL CULTURE;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLONY FORMATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA CELL; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 63649122641     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/5/L03     Document Type: Review

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