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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1993-2-11
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pubmed:abstractText |
The kinetics of repair of sublethal lesions in the spinal cord was assessed in detail using a rodent model. Experiments were designed to obtain the fractionation sensitivity, alpha/beta, and to quantify the kinetics of repair after a clinically relevant fraction size. Pairs of 2-Gy fractions at intervals ranging from 0 to 24 h were given from Monday through Friday, to cumulative doses of 40-84 Gy. In addition, two groups of animals received 1.5 or 1.2 Gy twice a day at 8-h intervals, 5 days a week, to total doses of 66-90 Gy and 67.2-98.4 Gy, respectively. All irradiations were followed by a top-up dose of 16 Gy. Analysis of the experimental data revealed that a bi-exponential repair model fit the experimental data significantly better than did the mono-exponential model (p = 0.002). The repair half times obtained were 0.7 (0.2-1.3) h and 3.8 (2.6-4.9) h, respectively. The proportion of injury repaired by the longer half time was estimated to be 0.62 (0.37-0.86). The data showed that delivering 2 fractions per day at 6- or 8-h intervals instead of one per day led to a 16.5% (11.8-21.1%) and 13.5% (9.1-17.8%) reduction in the tolerance, respectively. Finally, the results indicated that when incomplete repair between fractions was accounted for, the linear-quadratic (LQ) model was valid in describing fractionation response down to 1.2 Gy per fraction.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Dec
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pubmed:issn |
0167-8140
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
25
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
287-94
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Cell Cycle,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Cobalt Radioisotopes,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Incidence,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Likelihood Functions,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Paralysis,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Radiation Dosage,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Radiation Injuries, Experimental,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Radiation Tolerance,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Rats, Inbred F344,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Reflex,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Spinal Cord,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Spinal Cord Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1480775-Time Factors
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pubmed:year |
1992
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Impact of spinal cord repair kinetics on the practice of altered fractionation schedules.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Radiotherapy, U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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