Nanodosimetric effects of gold nanoparticles in megavoltage radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 412-416

  McMahon, Stephen J ^a   Hyland, Wendy B ^a   Muir, Mark F ^a   Coulter, Jonathan A ^a   Jain, Suneil ^b   Butterworth, Karl T ^a   Schettino, Giuseppe ^a   Dickson, Glenn R ^a   Hounsell, Alan R ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Joe M ^a,b   Prise, Kevin M ^a   Hirst, David G ^a   Currell, Fred J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Monte Carlo; Nanotechnology; Radiosensitisers

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054079689     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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