A model for the relative biological effectiveness of protons: The tissue specific parameter α/β of photons is a predictor for the sensitivity to LET changes

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 580-588

  Wedenberg, Minna ^a,b   Lind, Bengt K ^a   Hårdemark, Björn ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RaySearch Laboratories   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTONS; PROGNOSIS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84872043931     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.705892     Document Type: Article

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