Published 1989
| Version v1
Book
The clinical consequences of the oxygen effect
Creators
- 1. Marie Curie Research Wing, Regional Centre for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex (UK)
Description
This paper presents experiments performed under conditions which in the laboratory showed the oxygen effect to be at its greatest, i.e., the use of a single large radiation dose. Knowledge derived from cell kinetic studies is introduced and explored. The author offers conclusions concerning the oxygen effect and its uses
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc.
- Imprint Place
- New York, NY (USA)
- ISBN
- 0-444-81099-4
- Imprint Title
- The biological basis of radiotherapy. Second edition
- Imprint Pagination
- 322 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 135-144.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21087400
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANOXIA; BRONCHI; CARCINOMAS; CELL KILLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMAL CELLS; DISEASES; ELEMENTS; IRRADIATION; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NONMETALS; POPULATIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY