REDUCING DAMAGE FROM RADIATION THERAPY AND INCREASING CANCER KILL RATES BY INTERWEAVING OF LOW AND HIGH DOSE SESSIONS

摘要

A method of preventing damage to non-neoplastic, e.g. healthy cells, byirradiating the non-neoplastic cells with alow-dose radiation is provided. The method initiates a protective cellularresponse which prevents later damage to non-neoplastic cells byradiotherapy and an immune response against neoplastic cells. The method ofpreventing damage to non-neoplastic cells is providedwhere the low-dose radiation is interspersed with a high dose sessions whichthemselves are varied through the weekly schedule.