Relative biological effectiveness variation along monoenergetic and modulated Bragg peaks of a 62-MeV therapeutic proton beam: A preclinical assessment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-35

  Chaudhary, Pankaj ^a   Marshall, Thomas I ^a   Perozziello, Francesca M ^b   Manti, Lorenzo ^b   Currell, Frederick J ^c   Hanton, Fiona ^c   McMahon, Stephen J ^a   Kavanagh, Joy N ^a   Cirrone, Giuseppe Antonio Pablo ^d   Romano, Francesco ^d   Prise, Kevin M ^a   Schettino, Giuseppe ^a,e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CURVE FITTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; TUMORS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLONOGENIC ASSAYS; FAST IMPLEMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TREATMENT MODALITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CELLS;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; DOSIMETRY; FIBROBLAST; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLOTRONS; FIBROBLASTS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTON THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84905914216     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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