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The models in the previous Chapter are of a statistical nature and give expressions for the survival probability as a function of the dose. By dramatic contrast the developments in this Chapter proceed from a molecular framework concerned with the production of breaks in double strand DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and cell survival. One result is that the parameters in the model have specific biological significance.
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Swan, G.W. (1981). A Molecular Model of Cell Survival. In: Optimization of Human Cancer Radiotherapy. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 42. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46441-6_3
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