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RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
卷 101, 期 1, 页码 226-232出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.05.072
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Ionizing radiation; Dose rate; Flattening filter-free; Cancer cell survival
Purpose: To investigate if there is a statistically significant difference in cancer cell survival using a high dose per pulse flattening filter-free (FFF) beam compared to a standard flattened beam. Material and methods: To validate the radiobiological effect of the flattened and FFF beam, two glioblastoma cell lines were treated with either 5 or 10 Gy using different dose rates. Dose verification was performed and colony formation assays were carried out. To compare the predictability of our data, radiobiological models were included. Results: The results presented here demonstrate that irradiation of glioblastoma cell lines using the FFF beam is more efficient in reducing clonogenic cell survival than the standard flattened beam, an effect which becomes more significant the higher the single dose. Interestingly, in our experimental setting, the radiobiological effect of the FFF beam is dependent on dose per pulse rather than on delivery time. The used radiobiological models are able to describe the observed dose rate dependency between 6 and 24 Gy/min. Conclusion: The results presented here show that dose per pulse might become a crucial factor which influences cancer cell survival. Using high dose rates, currently used radiobiological models as well as molecular mechanisms involved urgently need to be re-examined. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Radiotherapy and Oncology 101 (2011) 226-232
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