Loss of biological effect in prolonged fraction delivery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 242-249

  Fowler, Jack F ^a   Welsh, James S ^a   Howard, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Half time; Low dose rate fractions; Prolonged fractions; Repair

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BIOLOGIC EFFECTS; DOSE FRACTIONS; REPAIR CAPACITY; REPAIR RATES;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL REGENERATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7444262310     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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