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Proceedings of The British Institute of Radiology

The use of hyperthermia and non-ionizing radiations in the treatment of cancer^*

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In an effort to provide a clearer picture of the interaction between hyperthermia and radiation, asynchronous CHO cell survivals for a matrix of doses of radiation and hyperthermia were determined The survival matrix was then analysed by fitting a survival function that was the product of survivals due to hyperthermia alone, to radiation alone and to the interaction of hyperthermia and radiation. This survival function is an expression for the survival surface, a surface in the space defined by the three axes of logarithm of cell survival, hyperthermia dose and radiation dose. The survival surface is a three dimensional extension of the two dimensional survival curve.

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