ATP 2016
Equivalent Uniform Dose - EUD
• For tumours ‘a’ is negative
Typical range -5 (‘less malignant’) – meningioma to -15 (‘more malignant’) - chordoma
• For normal tissues ‘a’ is positive Parallel - near 1
Serial – larger e.g. up to 20 for spinal cord
‘a’ = 1/n in the LKB formulation
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