We forget at our peril the lessons built into the α/β model

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1312-1314

  Brenner, David J ^a   Sachs, Rainer K ^b   Peters, Lester J ^c   Withers, H Rodney ^d   Hall, Eric J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTUM;

EID: 84857826437     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.12.045     Document Type: Editorial

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