Variations in the RBE for cell killing along the depth-dose profile of a modulated proton therapy beam

Radiation Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-28

  Britten, Richard A ^a,b   Nazaryan, Vahagn ^b   Davis, Leslie K ^a   Klein, Susan B ^c,d   Nichiporov, Dmitri ^e   Mendonca, Marc S ^d   Wolanski, Mark ^f   Nie, Xiliang ^b   George, Jerry ^b   Keppel, Cynthia ^b  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL KILLING; DISTAL DOSE FALL OFF; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; X-RAYS;

MINK ENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 84872119582     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2737.1     Document Type: Article

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