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Tumor Control (Cure) – TCD
50
The radiation dose which cures 50% of a homogeneous population of
tumors (TCD
50
) is estimated.
This assay most directly assesses the sensitivity of the stem cell
population in the tumour.
(Moulder & Rockwell,
Int. J. Radiat. Oncol.
Biol. Phys. 1984).