Published 1986 | Version v1
Book

High LET-emitters and their relative biological effectiveness

  • 1. Kernforschungsanlage Juelich G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Medizin

Description

The importance of the RLE of the elemental dose is exemplified by the Auger effect produced by 125I in DNA of human kidney T-cells in culture. The value of the RLE was determined to be about 11 with the tritium-β-particle within the critical volume being the standard. Yet, on the basis of decay, 125I within DNA proved to be 40 times more effective than the decay of tritium in these cells. Tumour therapy by incorporated radionuclides aims at providing an optimal element dose to the tumour cell nucleus with an optimal value of RLE, with permitting lowest possibly values for both in normal tissue

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Editiones Roche.
Imprint Place
Basel (Switzerland)
Imprint Title
Radionuclides for therapy
Imprint Pagination
244 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 39-57.

Conference

Title
Use of radionuclides and vehicles for tumour therapy.
Dates
13-14 Jun 1986.
Place
Wuerenlingen/Villigen (Switzerland).