[Ultrahigh dose-rate, "flash" irradiation minimizes the side-effects of radiotherapy].
CONCLUSION: Flash irradiation shifted by a large factor the threshold dose required to initiate lung fibrosis without loss of the antitumour efficiency, suggesting that the method might be used to advantage to minimize the complications of radiotherapy.
PMID: 26277238 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Favaudon V, Fouillade C, Vozenin MC Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research
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