Published May 1989
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Journal article
Assessment of rbe of neutron radiation on BR-10 reactor by the antitumor effect of acute skin radiation reactions
Creators
- 1. Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR, Obninsk (USSR). Nauchno-Issledovatel'skij Inst. Meditsinskoj Radiologii
Description
The paper is concerned with the results of investigation of antitumor effectiveness (rats, sarcoma M-1) of neutron radiation of a BR-10 reactor with the mean energy of 0.85 MeV. RBE in single local tumor radiation with neutrons was 4.5, being higher than RBE based on acute skin radiation reactions over a tumor (4.0). Experimental data indicate the necessity of extending the clinical use of reactor neutrons and a profound study of the effects after neutron irradiation, particularly in dose fractionated regimes
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- ОБЭ нейтронов реактора БР-10 по противоопухолевому эффекту и острым лучевым реакциям кожи
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Meditsinskaya Radiologiya
- Journal Volume
- 34
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Med. Radiol.
- Journal Page Range
- 45-48
- ISSN
- 0025-8334
- CODEN
- MERAA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- USSR
- INIS RN
- 21018813
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DOSE RATES; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASMS; FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; LOCAL IRRADIATION; NEUTRON BEAMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION QUALITY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATS; RBE; SKIN; TRANSPLANTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BEAMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INJURIES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEON BEAMS; ORGANS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATIONS; RODENTS; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES