학술논문
Response of pig skin to single and fractionated high dose-rate and continuous low dose-rate /sup 137/Cs-irradiation. II. Theoretical considerations of the results
Document Type
Journal Article
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Source
Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States); 5:7
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Language
English
Abstract
The result of a comparison of single and fractionated irradiation at high dose rate with continuous irradiation at low dose rate on pig skin is discussed from a radiobiological point of view. A short review is given of other fractionation and dose-rate investigations. Some dose-rate experiments have resulted in an increased therapeutic gain for continuous irradiation at low dose rate, compared to single acute irradiation. However, there is a lack of data comparing fractionated high dose-rate irradiation with continuous low dose-rate irradiation on normal tissues as well as malignant tumors.