When is a "bED" not a "bED"? - When it is an EQD2: In regard to Buyyounouski et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;76:1297-1304)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 640-641

  Fowler, Jack F ^a   Dale, Roger G ^b  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; CELL KILLING; DOSIMETRY; EQUIVALENT DOSE; LETTER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MEDICATION ERROR; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOSURGERY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956540796     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.04.044     Document Type: Letter

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