Single dose fast neutron RBE for pulmonary and esophageal damage in mice.
Mice whose thoraxes were exposed to cyclotron neutrons or x rays died from esophagus damage 10 to 70 days after exposure, and from pulmonary damage 70 days to 6 months after exposure. The single exposure RBE for esophagus lethality was 1.9 at at a neutron dose of 1,475 rads and 1.6 for pulmonary lethality at a neutron dose of 950 rads. The significance of these values for neutron radiotherapy of the thorax is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005214:Fast Neutrons / Q000009:adverse effects; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000401:mortality*; D013909:Thorax / Q000528:radiation effects