Clonogenic Surviving Effect of HSG Cells Exposed to High-LET Carbon Beams at Low Dose Rate

摘要

It is generally believed that there is no dose-rate sparing effect for mammalian cells exposed to high-LET heavy ion beams. To clarify this ambiguity, human salivary gland (HSG) cells were irradiated with carbon ion beams supplied by the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC), Japan at a low dose rate of 0.