The progress of radiobiological models in modern radiotherapy with emphasis on the uncertainty issue

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 704, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Wang, C K Chris ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological pathways; DNA double strand breaks (DSBs); Linear quadratic model; Monte Carlo; Radiobiological model; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 77951976622     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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