Ionizing radiation, ion transports and radioresistance of cancer cells

The standard treatment of many tumor entities comprises fractionated radiation therapy which applies ionizing radiation to the tumor-bearing target volume. Ionizing radiation causes double-strand breaks in the DNA backbone that result in cell death if the number of DNA double-strand breaks exceeds t...

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Main Authors: Stephan Michael Huber, Lena eButz, Benjamin eStegen, Dominik eKlumpp, Norbert eBraun, Peter eRuth, Franziska eEckert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00212/full

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