Mathematical model for the thermal enhancement of radiation response: thermodynamic approach

Abstract Radiotherapy can effectively kill malignant cells, but the doses required to cure cancer patients may inflict severe collateral damage to adjacent healthy tissues. Recent technological advances in the clinical application has revitalized hyperthermia treatment (HT) as an option to improve r...

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Main Authors: Adriana M. De Mendoza, Soňa Michlíková, Johann Berger, Jens Karschau, Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Damian D. McLeod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84620-z