Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78 , April 2010

Chromosomal aberrations in peripheral blood lymphocytes of prostate cancer patients treated with IMRT and carbon ions

  • Carola Hartel

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • ,
  • Anna Nikoghosyan

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Clinics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Marco Durante

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
    • ,
  • Sylwester Sommer

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • INCT Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland
    • ,
  • Elena Nasonova

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • JINR Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
    • ,
  • Claudia Fournier

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • ,
  • Ryonfa Lee

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany
    • ,
  • Jürgen Debus

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Clinics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Daniela Schulz-Ertner

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Clinics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    • Markus-Krankenhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
    • ,
  • Sylvia Ritter

      Affiliations

    • GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Biophysics Department, Darmstadt, Germany

Received 17 June 2009 ,Revised 4 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(09)00466-6

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.031

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 73-78 , April 2010

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