International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 1547-1552 , 1 August 2008

Investigating the Temporal Effects of Respiratory-Gated and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery on In Vitro Survival: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

  • Paul J. Keall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Paul J. Keall, Ph.D., Radiation Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, 875 Blake Wilbur Drive, Room G-233, Stanford, CA 94305-5847. Tel: (650) 723-5549; Fax: (650) 498-5008
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  • Michael Chang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • ,
  • Stanley Benedict, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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  • Howard Thames, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomathematics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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  • S. Sastry Vedam, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Peck-Sun Lin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Received 5 November 2007 ,Revised 10 March 2008 ,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)00550-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.047

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 71, Issue 5 , Pages 1547-1552 , 1 August 2008

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