A computational model of cellular response to modulated radiation fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 250-256

  McMahon, Stephen J ^a   Butterworth, Karl T ^a   McGarry, Conor K ^a,b   Trainor, Colman ^a   O'Sullivan, Joe M ^a,b   Hounsell, Alan R ^a,b   Prise, Kevin M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander; Cell survival; Modulated beams; Monte Carlo; Out of field

Indexed keywords

BYSTANDER; CELL SURVIVAL; MODULATED BEAMS; MONTE CARLO; OUT-OF-FIELD;

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNALING;

CELLS;

AMINOGUANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; FIBROBLASTS; GUANIDINES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84860701070     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.10.058     Document Type: Article

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