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Human Prostate (DU-145)
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Reference: Leith JT, Quaranto L, Padfield G, Michelson S, and Hercbergs A. Radiobiological studies of PC-3 and DU-145 human prostate cancer cells: x-ray sensitivity in vitro and hypoxic fractions of xenografted tumors in vivo. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. 25, 283-287 (1993)

Data: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and as a webpage

DU-145 human prostate carcinoma cells were irradiated by 250 kVp x-rays (dose rate of 60 Gy/hour).  Measured data (filled symbols) were digitized from the published figures using UnGraph.  The calibrated LPL, RMR, and TLK input files give equally good fits to the measured data as a function of dose and dose rate (solid black lines in the surviving fraction vs. dose plot; see below).  The LQ model also provides an adequate fit to the available data.

Analysis:
 
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LQ Model: An LQ analysis of the DU-145 data yields point estimates of a and a/b equal to 0.161 Gy-1 and 3.113 Gy, respectively.  The 95% confidence interval for a/b is (2.329 Gy, 3.361 Gy).  The paired bootstrap technique for regression (Efron 1979) was used to compute 95% confidence intervals for the estimated radiosensitivity parameters.
 

Tip: The LQ is a low dose, low dose rate approximation for the LPL and RMR models (see Brenner et al. 1998, Guerrero et al. 2002, Sachs et al. 1997).

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