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A mild heat treatment which causes no measurable effect may enhance the response to ionizing radiation (RT) which is qualitatively similar to that following RT alone. This sensitizing effect is normally expressed in terms of thermal enhancement ratio (TER) defined at the ratio of doses of ionizing radiation to cause a given level of response in the presence or absence of hyperthermia (HT), respectively.
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Handl-Zeller, L., Handl, O. (1992). Simultaneous Application of Combined Interstitial High- or Low-Dose Rate Irradiation with Hot Water Hyperthermia. In: Handl-Zeller, L. (eds) Interstitial Hyperthermia. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9155-2_10
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