International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 73, Issue 3 , Pages 861-868 , 1 March 2009

Neoplastic Transformation Induced by Carbon Ions

  • Daniela Bettega, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Daniela Bettega, Ph.D., Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Celoria 16-20133 Milano, Italy. Tel: ++390250317210; Fax: ++390250317630
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  • Paola Calzolari, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Milano, Italy
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  • Petra Hessel, M.T.A.

      Affiliations

    • Biophysik, Gesellschaft für Schwer Ionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany
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  • Claudio G. Stucchi, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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  • Wilma K. Weyrather, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biophysik, Gesellschaft für Schwer Ionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany

Received 16 November 2007 ,Revised 4 July 2008 ,Accepted 23 July 2008.

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 This research project was supported in part by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme through the Integrated Infrastructure Initiative on EUROpean Nuclear Structure (EURONS), Contract No. Rii3-CT-2004-506065, and by the Italian Space Agency (Contract MO-MA 1 B1341-X5 COUNT).

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(08)03598-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.067

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
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