Carbon ion irradiation of the rat spinal cord: Dependence of the relative biological effectiveness on linear energy transfer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-70

  Saager, Maria ^a,b   Glowa, Christin ^a,b   Peschke, Peter ^b   Brons, Stephan ^a   Scholz, Michael ^c   Huber, Peter E ^a,b   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Karger, Christian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; IONS; RATS;

ADDITIONAL DATUM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LINEAR RELATION; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

CARBON;

CARBON;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; ION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LATENT PERIOD; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY UNIT; RAT; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PARESIS; PHOTONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905908724     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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