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[Proliferation rate and radiosensitivity. Bergonié's and Tribondeau's error]
H P Beck-Bornholdt1, H H Dubben, H Willers
1Institut für Biophysik und Strahlenbiologie, Universität Hamburg.
Abstract:
In 1906 Bergonié and Tribondeau postulated a correlation between proliferation rate and radiosensitivity. Allowing for modern radiotherapeutic and radiobiological experience this postulate is no longer tenable.