Published September 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

Single dose fast neutron RBE for pulmonary and esophageal damage in mice

  • 1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle

Description

Mice whose thoraxes were exposed to cyclotron neutrons or x rays died from esophagus damage 10 to 70 days after exposure, and from pulmonary damage 70 days to 6 months after exposure. The single exposure RBE for esophagus lethality was 1.9 at a neutron dose of 1,475 rads and 1.6 for pulmonary lethality at a neutron dose of 950 rads. The significance of these values for neutron radiotherapy of the thorax is discussed

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Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
X radiation

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiology
Journal Volume
120
Journal Issue
3
Series
Radiology.
Journal Page Range
701-703