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ArticlePhysics and imaging in radiation oncology2025

Linear approximation of variable relative biological effectiveness models for proton therapy.

Dirk Wagenaar, Johannes A Langendijk, Stefan Both

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Article in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dirk WagenaarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Johannes A LangendijkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Stefan BothDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The McNamara (MCN) and Wedenberg (WED) RBE weighted dose (D

Indexed as

Linear Energy Transfer (LET)Proton therapyRelative Biological Effectiveness (RBE)

Identifiers

PMID39885905
PMCPMC11780161

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