Moderate hyperthermia and low dose rate irradiation. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Moderate hyperthermia (4 h at 40 degrees C) enhances V-79 cell radiosensitivity at low irradiation dose rates with a maximum thermal enhancement ratio (TER) of 1.38. In comparison, the TER measured at acute dose rate is 1.13. Heat treatments given before and during irradiation are equally effective, and more so than postirradiation hyperthermia. Hyperthermia-induced inhibition of sublethal damage repair is a probable cause of the observed effect.

publication date

  • May 1, 1988

Research

keywords

  • Hot Temperature
  • Radiation Tolerance

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0023907659

PubMed ID

  • 3375432

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 114

issue

  • 2