Tumor Potential Doubling Time (Tpot)

Rübe, Claudia E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3_616

Claudia E. Rübe³

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Defined as the time within which the cell population of a tumor would double if there is no cell loss.

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Department of Radiation Oncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, 66421, Germany
Dr. Claudia E. Rübe

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Distinguished University Professor, Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Professor Of Clinical Oncology, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Drexel University College of Medicine, MS 200, 216 North Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
Luther W. Brady MD
Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-0001, USA
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Rübe, C.E. (2013). Tumor Potential Doubling Time (Tpot). In: Brady, L.W., Yaeger, T.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of Radiation Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85516-3_616

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