Computer simulation of tumour control probabilities after irradiation for varying intrinsic radio-sensitivity using a single cell based model

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1354-1362

  Harting, Christine ^a   Peschke, Peter ^a   Karger, Christian P ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR CELL;

CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 77958181327     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.485208     Document Type: Article

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