A mathematical framework for separating the direct and bystander components of cellular radiation response

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1334-1343

  Ebert, Martin A ^a,b   Suchowerska, Natalka ^c,d   Jackson, Michael A ^c   McKenzie, David R ^d  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MODEL; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77958160856     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.487874     Document Type: Article

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