Models of cell population in tumours and possibility of their application to optimization of radiotherapy.
Two models of cell population in tumours are analyzed and used to explain some experiments on the influence of radiation on tumours. There is a proposal to remove disagreements between these models and experiments by the assumption that cells under the influence of a destructive factor may reduce their degree of differentiation.
Swirydowicz
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Medical Academy, Department of Physics and Biophysics, Debinki, Poland.
D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects