Some aspects of the chronological dose distribution in the radiobiology and radiotherapy.
The linear-quadratic model provides, when applied to standard fractionation schemes, results comparable to the Ellis-formula, but it may also be applied to problems such as multifractionations, application of high single doses and afterloading methods (interstitial and intracavitary therapy with either short-time application or continuous irradiation), where the Ellis-formula is rather questionable. A further critical point of the latter formula is the estimation of late responses. However, the limitations of the linear-quadratic computation model may be determined by a comparison with a cubic survival formula S = exp (-(alpha D + beta D2 + delta D3] or with the Bender-Gooch-formula.
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