The relative biological effectiveness of carbon ion irradiations of the rat spinal cord increases linearly with LET up to 99 keV/μm.
a Department of Radiation Oncology , University Hospital of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.|b Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Heidelberg , Germany.|c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Maria
M
Saager
a Department of Radiation Oncology , University Hospital of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.|b Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Heidelberg , Germany.|c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Christin
C
Glowa
c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.|d Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiooncology , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Peter
P
Peschke
c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.|e Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center (HIT) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Stephan
S
Brons
f Department of Biophysics , Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) , Darmstadt , Germany.
Rebecca
R
Grün
f Department of Biophysics , Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) , Darmstadt , Germany.
Michael
M
Scholz
a Department of Radiation Oncology , University Hospital of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.|c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.|d Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiooncology , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Peter E
PE
Huber
a Department of Radiation Oncology , University Hospital of Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.|c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Jürgen
J
Debus
b Department of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology , German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) , Heidelberg , Germany.|c National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology (NCRO), Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO) , Heidelberg , Germany.
Christian P
CP
Karger
D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D063193:Heavy Ion Radiotherapy; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000528:radiation effects*
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes