BCRB 2018

Poisson “predicted” versus Monte Carlo “observed”

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‘Observed’ Predicted

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Average number of surviving clonogens = 0.5 Poisson distribution is confirmed by “observation”

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Proportion of ‘tumours’ (%)

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1 2 Number of clonogens 3

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Michael Joiner

Basic Clinical Radiobiology 2018

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