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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Data from Argonne National Laboratory on lung cancer in 15,975 mice with acute and fractionated exposures to gamma rays and neutrons are analyzed with a biologically motivated model with two rate-limiting steps and clonal expansion. Fractionation effects and effects of radiation quality can be explained well by the estimated kinetic parameters. Both an initiating and a promoting action of neutrons and gamma rays are suggested. While for gamma rays the initiating event is described well with a linear dose-rate dependence, for neutrons a nonlinear term is needed, with less effectiveness at higher dose rates. For the initiating event, the neutron RBE compared to gamma rays is about 10 when the dose rate during each fraction is low. For higher dose rates this RBE decreases strongly. The estimated lifetime relative risk for radiation-induced lung cancers from 1 Gy of acute gamma-ray exposure at an age of 110 days is 1.27 for male mice and 1.53 for female mice. For doses less than 1 Gy, the effectiveness of fractionated exposure to gamma rays compared to acute exposure is between 0.4 and 0.7 in both sexes. For lifetime relative risk, the RBE from acute neutrons at low doses is estimated at about 10 relative to acute gamma-ray exposure. It decreases strongly with dose. For fractionated neutrons, it is lower, down to about 4 for male mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0033-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
794-801
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Body Burden, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Computer Simulation, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Dose Fractionation, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Gamma Rays, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Neutrons, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Radiation Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Relative Biological Effectiveness, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17067205-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Lung cancer risk in mice: analysis of fractionation effects and neutron RBE with a biologically motivated model.
pubmed:affiliation
GSF - Institute for Radiation Protection, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. heidenreich@gsf.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't