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ESTRO BCR Course / NT overall treatment time – W. Dörr
Observation 3:
Compensation
of normal cell
loss
mouse tongue mucosa
0
Cells / mm epithelial length
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
Relative cell number [% of control]
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
control
Overall treatment time [days]
5
10
15
0 Gy/F
4 Gy/F
3 Gy/F
Repopulation: Mechanisms
Dörr et al., Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 66, 1994, 157-167